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So you’re claiming that there’s no check on the tyranny of Parliament.


88 posted on 07/17/2013 4:18:56 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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So you’re claiming that there’s no check on the tyranny of Parliament.

There are elections every at least once every five years.

And there are the courts.

It's a different system from ours. For one thing, there's no written constitution.

Maybe that's why we rebelled and imposed stronger safeguards and checks on government power.

Also, we make institutions like the presidency and the Senate more democratic to keep up with an age when democracy conveys legitimacy.

The British didn't take that route and let the real power of the monarch and Lords wither away.

FWIW, I should have said, 1708, rather than 1707. In any case, it was a long, long time ago.

89 posted on 07/17/2013 4:26:40 PM PDT by x
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