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Why America should reform its electoral and judicial systems before virtue signalling Global South
FirstpostThe US has 51 states, and for historic reasons, they follow no harmonised set of rules and procedures on anything concerning politics and public administration Two judgements of the US Supreme Court, one after the other, and the entire American judicial system stand exposed. What is even more surprising is that the American media, which honestly and honourably finds fault with their own form of ‘committed judiciary’, is also the one that sits on judgement on the changing value systems in third countries, especially democracies like India. Overruling the California Supreme Court’s finding that it was ‘cruel’ to impose ‘unusual punishments’ when shelter space was lacking in American cities, the SCOTUS also held that laws against the homeless were not violating the Eighth Amendment to the US Constitution. In ‘Trump vs United States’, ruled that the ‘nature of presidential power entitles a former president to absolute immunity for actions within his conclusive and preclusive constitutional authority.
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