• Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works
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    4 days ago

    Write to your MPs and tell them that you stand with the government on constraining the use of the not-withstanding clause. This is one of those of times when the Liberals are doing the right thing, and we need to let them know we endorse it.

  • miss_demeanour@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    Such a weird legal manouevre enshrined in the Constitution. Like a ‘pinky-swear-cross-my-fingers-abracadabra-toil&trouble’ nonsense that could never have unintended consequences: enough to render the Constitution a useless farce.

  • patatas@sh.itjust.works
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    “It says these arguments threaten national unity by seeking to undermine the sovereignty of provincial legislatures.”

    What