Re:Israeli startups are moving jobs and money out of the cou...
by midasuni on Friday August 11, 2023 @03:35PM
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“Lefty liberal lawyers” overturn the government all the time in the UK
Re:Israeli startups are moving jobs and money out of the cou...
by mejutoco on Friday August 11, 2023 @03:01PM
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I know it is a formality, etc, but from the same source
https://www.parliament.uk/about/how/role/relations-with-othe...
Royal Assent
When a Bill has been approved by a majority in the House of Commons and the House of Lords it is formally agreed to by the Crown. This is known as the Royal Assent. This turns a Bill into an Act of Parliament, allowing it to become law in the UK.
Re:Israeli startups are moving jobs and money out of the cou...
by rubymamis on Friday August 11, 2023 @03:14PM
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"The last time Royal Assent was refused was in 1707, when Queen Anne refused to assent to a bill to settle the militia in Scotland, and the last time the monarch made an in-person appearance to provide assent was in 1854."[1]
[1] https://www.loc.gov/item/global-legal-monitor/2013-09-17/uni...).)
https://consoc.org.uk/the-constitution-explained/the-judicia...
> The UK is traditionally thought to have one such system, as under the doctrine of parliamentary sovereignty the UK Parliament is the supreme source of authority: whatever the democratically elected representatives decide upon is law, and if expressed in an Act of Parliament cannot be overturned by the courts.
And maybe more broadly: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliamentary_sovereignty. But it seems like it's sort of on the way out everywhere.