1. The notwithstanding clause: A legislative weapon?
... in not being able to overturn the court's decision on the extension of a right by means of the override clause, legislature would have to turn to less appropriate means of influence such as court packing or court bashing. There are likely several circumstances where the drafters of the Constitution did not or could not foresee the current state of society. Section 33 gives parliament the resources to adapt to new political circumstances that ... government the ability to transverse the rule of law-the Constitutional principle that all government actions must be based on law and that gov...
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