by Chris Black
Some people still claim that democracy means “government by the people.”
But then you get “government by representatives, who don’t have any obligation to the people.”
But then if the representatives do something the people want, oh sorry, actually the court system says they can’t do that.
It’s not only not “government by the people,” it is the system of government where the people have less influence than in any other system of government, ever, in all of human history.
Hardline measures to restrict rights and access to benefits for immigrants are incompatible with the French constitution and must be scrapped, the country’s top constitutional court ruled on Thursday.
The Constitutional Council was reviewing the new immigration bill passed by French lawmakers last month. The legislation was eventually passed with the help of right-wing MPs after significant amendments were tabled by the National Rally to toughen up the law.
The court essentially watered down the bill, returning it to the unedited state proposed by Emmanuel Macron’s governing party, which hardline conservatives considered to be too lightweight.