Re:Grand Jury Votes to Indict Donald Trump
by jameshart on Friday March 31, 2023 @12:55AM
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On the flip side... England did actually arrest, try and convict the King once. Also did the same to an ex-queen, in Lady Jane Grey. After first having un-queened her, which is also a thing that cannot be done.
The thing about Britain's constitutional arrangements is that there are many things which 'can't' be done, which it turns out simply 'aren't' done.
Re:Grand Jury Votes to Indict Donald Trump
by brewdad on Friday March 31, 2023 @02:25AM
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So very similar to the US then. It's not that an incoming Governor of the opposition party can't be stripped of executive power it's just that no one had done it until recently.
Re:Grand Jury Votes to Indict Donald Trump
by DanHulton on Friday March 31, 2023 @02:45AM
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I mean, that's really true of any sort of law or political arrangement. They can all be broken or ignored. To mangle a quote, the law isn't power - power is power.
The thing about Britain's constitutional arrangements is that there are many things which 'can't' be done, which it turns out simply 'aren't' done.