Everyone knows that judges are among the smartest, most objective and most morally incorruptible people on earth. With decades of legal practice under their belts, mega hours spent studying legal textbooks and good relationships with the power-brokers within our legal system, judges possess the unique blend of qualities necessary to lead a country, block legislation and even overrule presidents, prime ministers and royalty. Judges are the gatekeepers of the law, and possess the power to reinterpret it and set new precedents whenever they judge that it is in the country’s best interests.
For example, in the USA, the 9th circuit judges blocked Trump’s decision to put a hold on immigration from a list of Muslim countries with a high risk of terrorism, compiled by Obama. Although Obama was obviously right to put together this list, which was dead accurate at the time, it was obviously not ok for Trump to suspend immigration from these countries, due to America being a nation of immigrants, diversity being our strength and criticism of Muslims being racist, Islamophobic and white supremacist. Hence, despite the US constitution clearly stating that the president can suspend immigration for whatever reason he chooses, the judges nonetheless decided not to let Trump enact the Muslim ban and delayed the implementation of this legislation for many months. So even though the law states that judges don’t have anything to do with this decision and that it’s the decision of the president alone, judges still got involved and overruled the president because it was the right thing to do.
Now consider the recent case of Boris Johnson attempting to shut down Democracy by “proroguing” parliament, something that happens every year before the Queen makes her speech and re-opens parliament. This decision is technically the decision of the Queen alone, and legally cannot be overruled by anybody. However, despite this, the brave judges on Britain’s Supreme Court decided to step in and declare that the prorogation this year was “unlawful”, without stating which actual law Boris Johnson broke. In doing so, the judges not only overruled the Prime Minister, but also overruled the Queen, who has already agreed to prorogue parliament. So judges are so important that they can even overrule royalty! That’s some serious power!
It’s now becoming clear that judges are where the buck stops, even when the law states otherwise. The accredited media, and therefore the public, have no problem with this, because judges are obviously authorities on the law, so whatever they say about what is and isn’t legal, must be true. Hence whatever they say goes – because if they’re saying it, then by definition it’s the law, because they are the ultimate experts on the law.
Living in a Judgeocracy is far better than living in a democracy or constitutional republic, because you can rest assured that the judges will always place checks and balances on you, your constitution and the leaders who represent you. Just because something is “legal” doesn’t mean that it’s “lawful”, as we saw with the prorogation. Judges determine first whether an action is legal, and secondly whether it’s legal but unlawful, and then put a stop to it if it shouldn’t be allowed. Using their supreme intellect, judgement and wisdom, judges keep us safe from tyrannical leaders trying to do things that we know deep down not to be right, even if we can’t always explain why. Judges are the bedrock of a civilized society, and we should be thankful that they’re always there to protect us from our elected leaders.
The recent judicial verdicts have restored my sense of faith in justice. We all knew that proroguing parliament was somehow wrong, but it took 11 learned Supreme Court judges to tell us unanimously why.
For those bitter losers now asking ‘Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?’, I would have thought the answer is obvious. Soros is the ultimate gatekeeper and beholden to noone, thus making him truly independent and a source of all our freedoms.
Yes – the answer to that question is whoever appoints the judges. But really there’s no need to limit the power of judges at all because by definition they are the ultimate authority on matters regarding the law, hence anything they say is legal, is. Especially when they all agree with each other.
I look forward to living in a tiny glass box in the sky in a transformed UN agenda 21 multicultural metropolitan paradise, ruled by the judges.
Democratic mandate?, DEMOCRATIC MANDATE!? We dont need no steenking democratic mandate, eat lead death Brexit Nazi!
Reason is a social construct.
The Trial by Jury is designed to STRIP power from Judges, some of whom have been trying to take it back.
Yet another reason for
IMPALEMENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
#obstruction-of-justice
Trial by jury is a legal anachronism, essentially it panders to populist opinion.
Do you think that former leader of the far right EDL, Stephen Yaxley-Lenon AKA Robinson would have been sentenced to a year in jail for journalism by a panel of his peers?!. Or the Scotsman who trained his dog to obey Hitler and gas the most oppressed people on the planet found guilty of comedy and fined?.
If democracy and justice are to flourish we must ditch this outdated populist institution once and for all. Remember, Hitler was voted into power, and we all know how that ended.
YOU need to kneel down and lick the toenail fungus of Trial by Jury
The rest of us will just exchange fist bumps.
I am sorry, but that sounds disgusting, why should I lick the toenails of ignorant plebian scum?.
Now, if it were the delicately manicured toe nails of the fragrant Lady Hale, the supreme court judge, I might consider it. She spoke with such cutting sarcastic wit about stopping that clown Boris Johnson’s coup at that reunion supper the other night!.
Common law is just so 16th century.
Common law would probably also prevent Jeremy Corbyn from implementing his open borders plan, where he wants to extend free movement of people to the entire world.
If common law stands in the way of social justice it must be abolished.
Why should someone be deprived of NHS healthcare just because of accident of birth in a third world country?. Why should they be deprived of social housing and welfare entitlements or a progressive government education?.
We all love Jeremy!.
Can’t wait for John Mcdonnell’s “transformative socialist change” to demonstrate to the world that Marxism can work!. Roll on the UK elections!.
Yes, Marxism failed previously because it wasn’t done right. If we do it RIGHT this time, by importing the entire third world into the country and giving them welfare and free healthcare to stimulate their already astronomical birth rates, then we may have the GDP necessary to sustain communism long term. Having more people is always a good thing, because the more people are in the economy, the bigger the economy is, which makes us feel good about how well we’re doing.
Apart from the need to replace the declining native population and support GDP, the economy is also crying out for these doctors, scientists and engineers!. Who is going to pay the taxes to support the ageing native population’s pensions?.
And hey, Europeans invaded the third world, now it’s their turn!. Reparations!. And finally, it serves the progressive agenda of ‘Rubbing the white working classes noses in it” to paraphrase Tony Blair. Give those lazy union bound working class Gammons some competition from hard working immigrants!. There are still cities in the UK with majority native populations, if they are to survive then they have to become diversified. (h/t Barbara Spectre – did you see Lord Rothschild gave her an award recently?)
I didn’t see that – she definitely deserves one though. I’m also delighted to learn that Jeremy Corbyn’s open borders plan will not only allow anyone in the world to come to the UK, but they’ll also be able to VOTE! Now that’s REALLY progressive!
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/sep/25/labour-members-back-motion-give-all-uk-residents-full-voting-rights
Fragrant is a polite term for smelly unwashed.
HAHAHAHAHA!!!
She’s more qualified then you’ll ever be. And she’s part of the progressive globalist elite.
Are you currently smelly and unwashed?
don’t lie!
No YOU smell, Trump Supporter!, One reason progressives shop at artisan whole food outlets is that we cant stand the smell of Trump supporters in Walmart!, as agent Strzok texted.
Exactly – something may be completely legal and above board on paper, but if it’s racist, Islamophobic and ignorant, then it may not be “lawful”. Everything needs to be approved on a case by case basis by the judges, no matter how clear cut the law may seem.
Everything needs to be approved on a case by case basis
Precisely, it is the thought or motivation behind an action that decides if it is lawful or not, or of its gravity.
Being rude to someone may not be a crime in itself unless that person is a minority, in which case it would be hate crime.
The running of a child rape gang may often be overlooked by the law, because the parties involved belong to certain religious or ethnic identity groups.
When can I expect a story on the Debt Clock? Or just a brief expression of gratitude for this month’s NFP report’s across-the-Board good news?
Please self-flagellate a few days, and get back to me after you’ve stopped smokin’ wacky tobaccy.
Ted, you are clearly not an accredited economist.
Debt is money, no debt=no money=no economy. Pretty sure MDB has spelled this out in many previous AT articles. Rapidly expanding national debt is great!.
The more debt the better off everyone is: the systemically important banks, the people with huge loans on their nano apartments, the people importing manufactured stuff from Mexico or China, and the people borrowing the money to buy the stuff.
Ted, if people (or the government) couldnt borrow money, how could they buy anything?. Government debt is best of all, because (as BLM states) we owe it to ourselves, and because it is wisely invested in their programs.
Loan your money to Zimbabwe.
Of course I would, but the money would be far more wisely invested via government foreign aid programs, so I will leave it to them. This will enable Sophie and Marcus to drive about on their gap year in the aid fund donated range rover, distributing solar powered doodaas to deserving Zimbabwean POC whilst taking selfies of themselves doing good.
Then donate your money to the government.
It makes far more sense for the government to borrow it on our behalf, rather than borrow it myself to give to the government. Actually in some countries the government gets paid negative interest to borrow money, Great idea! why dont we do that too?.
Of course it is the inequitable distribution of wealth across societies that motivates the Hungarian Philanthropist behind the AT . By chance he repeatedly witnessed the expropriation of wealth at the hands of a socialist regime when a youth, and has since developed a PTSD/phobia for taxation of his own personal fortune. No doubt he would agree that he should pay far more tax (as would the sage of Omaha) if only the tax rates were higher. (At least on the portion of his wealth that is not in tax free foundations or had been quickly moved off shore).
Why not? Zimbabwe has so much potential.
It is after all part of the Black Hole of Africa.
Any more of that kind of potential and Blacks will revert back to cannibalism – obviously brains will again be much in demand due to the vast Black need for Brain mojo!
Where can I get a money-spitting gun like Snoop? I need it for my next US Senate filibuster.