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In reply to the discussion: Possibly momentous ruling from the EU high court [View all]DFW
(54,325 posts)35. Trouble is, our highest court could only do so on constitutional grounds
There is no clause in the constitution for rectifying an election whose results were manipulated from the outside.
We can't really fault James Madison for not foreseeing facebook irregularities. We CAN fault our courts for refusing to deal with the issue of remedying a manipulated election, though it is a sticky question, and I can understand that any judge might want to pass it on like a hot potato. If we get this election legally annulled for legitimate reasons before an honest judge, great. But who's to say that next time, the Republicans don't find themselves a crooked judge (shouldn't be hard after Trump installed so many of them), and attempt to annul the election of every Democratic president from here on in?
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I know you are all having a yuck about chainsaws, but don't we become the enemy with this imagery?
DemocracyMouse
Dec 2018
#41
No, Corbyn is right that his solutions do work OK for the fundamental wish of the DUP
muriel_volestrangler
Dec 2018
#44
Now, what ever the UK does, they can't blame the EU for getting in the way. It's UK's ball now.
TheBlackAdder
Dec 2018
#19
And I think both the EU and Britain/UK will be stronger for surviving the interference
erronis
Dec 2018
#29
No, this is a court ruling, not "what the EU have stated the whole time"
muriel_volestrangler
Dec 2018
#45