yes the supreme court (and even more so the congressional budget office which is the purest example of the species) was very much on my mind writing the book chapter which this is drawn from.
The EU and the ECHR are both massive accountability sinks, despite being excellent things in other ways. Leave, at least for the Tories, was a good example of "be careful what you wish for" since the list of others to blame or hide behind got shorter.
The current US Supreme Court, bought and paid for by extreme right-wing plutocrats, belongs on the list of accountability sinks, as its Senatorial sub-engineer Mitch McConnell acknowledges by denial. See https://www.vox.com/scotus/2023/7/8/23784320/supreme-court-2022-term-affirmative-action-religion-voting-rights-abortion
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https://wapo.st/44I9lBb.
yes the supreme court (and even more so the congressional budget office which is the purest example of the species) was very much on my mind writing the book chapter which this is drawn from.
The EU and the ECHR are both massive accountability sinks, despite being excellent things in other ways. Leave, at least for the Tories, was a good example of "be careful what you wish for" since the list of others to blame or hide behind got shorter.