Not to want to lose my human rights on the whim of a government minister?

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Dominic Raab says he wants to bring in a system which allows the Government to legislate against UK court judgements in human rights cases if it doesn't like them. Without going through a debate or a vote in Parliament.
Is this the end of the role of the courts in our democracy?
"Raab threat to ‘correct’ court judgments is ‘deeply troubling’, warn legal experts"
It's in The Telegraph too.
uk.yahoo.com/news/raab-threat-correct-court-judgments-144345935.html

So what you're saying is that the government are going to change the law when they think the courts have made the law in a way that doesn't work for them?

“We will get into the habit of legislating on a more periodic basis and thinking about the mechanism for that,” he said. “Where there have been judgments that – albeit properly and duly delivered by the courts – we think are wrong, the right thing is for parliament to legislate to correct them.”

This shouldn't be complicated. But I'm struggling to get my head round it. Maybe because it's so dreadful and bizarre.

The commentary says that Raab appears to intend to use secondary legislation (so regulations I think) to quickly overturn court judgements that the government isn't happy with. So ministers would be making laws. Not the courts, and not Parliament.

It's quite scary when you think about it. Law by governmental decree. That could go so wrong, especially with this bunch of corrupt arseholes. I predict legal chaos.

People don’t care. So it will happen.

All the daily Mail need to do is report on one incident about someone getting free Netflix in prison and this will be passed with flying colours. And no protest.

It’s really shocking. Do they have enough power to get this through. I don’t even think most of the Tory back benchers would allow this.

It's sinister but it doesn't surprise me unfortunately.

In plain sight. They aren't even trying to hide it now are they?
They think this is a dictatorship.

It'll be JR'ed soon enough, if it even happens

Who are the 2.87 posters who think you’re BU?

I agree. Why do a few judges have the right to overturn the government. It's mad.

We have parliament if the government want to make new law, so that a proper scrutiny of that proposed legislation is considered and debated by the MPs who represent us.

I remember it was parliamentaty sovereignty that the brexit liars were pretending was the reason we had to have brexit.

What Raab seems to be suggesting is government by executive edict with no legislative scrutiny. That breaches the separation of the 3 powers which is fundamental to democracy.

It is the path to tyranny

Meanwhile, a serious attack on Judicial Review is making progress. It would mean that if government action was found by the court to have been unlawful, the government wouldn't have to do anything about the unlawful stuff it had already done.
www.lawgazette.co.uk/law/mps-prepare-to-debate-judicial-review-reforms/5110167.article

@Viviennemary
You would rather the government who have an agenda decide things??!!!

Yes. The government are our representatives voted in. Not judges.

And at the same time they are limiting our right to protest.

My understanding is that judges interpret the law, said law having been duly scrutinised by our elected representatives before being passed into law. Isn't allowing ministers to disregard a judge's opinion another name for dictatorship?

We have the government, Parliament and the courts. The idea is not to put all the power in the hands of only one person/group. It's called "checks and balances". It's what stops us from being a dictatorship.
The Government plans to grab the power to make law from both the courts and Parliament. That is not its role.
We're getting closer to becoming a dictatorship.

Just a guess, but I'm assuming you're talking hypothetially - unless you have an actual Human Right that has been infringed that you are currently taking legal proceedings against?

And at the same time they are limiting our right to protest.

It's terrifying, isn't it? There will be no recourse.

@Viviennemary
What if the government wasn’t voted in?

I could certainly identify some current human rights breaches for you, TheHate, and I can see plenty more coming over the horizon. Some of them will affect you too.

They've essentially removed the right to demonstrate, haven't they?

@Viviennemary you are either trolling or frightfully misinformed about the relationship between parliament and judiciary in this country, as well as what law is and how it works. Law and rights aren't a popularity contest you get to redo every few years.

The comment from @Viviennemary (and his/her misapprehension) demonstrates why the country is in such a mess.

@einekleinenachtarbeit
It’s scary as fuck.