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Re:Trump's global tariffs struck down by US Supreme Court by blibble on Friday February 20, 2026 @12:14PM (#47090794)
in the UK a similar unconstitutional behaviour by the head of government took...

from the start of the "injury":

    - 8 days to get to the supreme court
    - 2 days arguing in court
    - 5 days for the supreme court to reach a decision
15 days to be ruled on

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R_(Miller)_v_The_Prime_Ministe...

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Re:Trump's global tariffs struck down by US Supreme Court by petcat on Friday February 20, 2026 @01:17PM (#47091651)
That was the fastest Supreme Court ruling in UK history though...

Similarly in the US, Watergate (Nixon impeachment) took only 16 days, and Bush v. Gore (contested election) took just 30 days to reach a Supreme Court judgement.

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Re:Trump's global tariffs struck down by US Supreme Court by GeoAtreides on Friday February 20, 2026 @01:22PM (#47091708)
Ah,yes, british constitutional law. In a country where no parliaments can bind its successors it means there is no constitution and the constitutional law is a polite fiction poorly held together with tradition and precedent.
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Re:Trump's global tariffs struck down by US Supreme Court by blibble on Friday February 20, 2026 @01:29PM (#47091793)
it's not perfect, but it's a hell of a lot better than the US system
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Re:Trump's global tariffs struck down by US Supreme Court by Freedom2 on Friday February 20, 2026 @05:00PM (#47094606)
The difference is that the US system is given by God, as commonly said by many Americans over the decades. And what power is greater than God?
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Re:Trump's global tariffs struck down by US Supreme Court by ahmeneeroe-v2 on Friday February 20, 2026 @06:33PM (#47095580)
I've never heard anyone say this and I come from an extremely religious area.
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Re:Trump's global tariffs struck down by US Supreme Court by llm_nerd on Friday February 20, 2026 @02:02PM (#47092320)
All systems have weaknesses, but the utter criminal farce the US system has been betrayed to be yields a situation where zero Americans should be gloating about their constitution or values any more.

Oh look, Trump just declared a new, 10% global tariff because lol laws. Congress is busted. There are essentially zero real laws for the plutocrat class.

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