Praise the Lord.....
Today the US consulate accepted our immigration papers and they approved it. Though there are several more steps to the process, I am so happy this step is over. It has been such a stressful experience because of changes in US policy that we got trapped in the middle of. But all went well today!!!
As for politics, just a few minutes ago, 5 of the 18 judges on the Constitutional Court have withdrawn from considering the legality of the president's decree to dissolve parliament. They claim they are under pressure from political forces and have requested government protection.
We are watching democracy trying to survive, to breathe, as it is choked from multiple sides.
No one knows yet what this means. I am not sure how many judges must rule for a ruling to be binding. I don't recall this ever happening in the US. This court, though, hasn't ruled on anything in 8 months and that's part of the reason things got as bad as they did. The Court would not clarify who has the power to do what. Now maybe it's trying to get out of ruling on this? Who knows?
As for politics, just a few minutes ago, 5 of the 18 judges on the Constitutional Court have withdrawn from considering the legality of the president's decree to dissolve parliament. They claim they are under pressure from political forces and have requested government protection.
We are watching democracy trying to survive, to breathe, as it is choked from multiple sides.
No one knows yet what this means. I am not sure how many judges must rule for a ruling to be binding. I don't recall this ever happening in the US. This court, though, hasn't ruled on anything in 8 months and that's part of the reason things got as bad as they did. The Court would not clarify who has the power to do what. Now maybe it's trying to get out of ruling on this? Who knows?
posted by Kyivmission at 2:55 PM
1 Comments:
In the US, people complain about "activist judges" supposedly circumventing the will of the people or that of the executive and legislative branches. Sounds like you've got the opposite problem: "inactivist judges" or "passivist judges."
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