1. The notwithstanding clause: A legislative weapon?
... centres. Similar discrimination occurred with the mid-20th century head tax imposed on Chinese immigrants, and most recently, the unjustified detainment of Islamic citizens and immigrants following the attack on the World Trade Centre. It is the court's responsibility to make decisions on an individual basis, free from political whim, and in the interest of the public. Judicial supremacy would thereby ... a publicly accountable forum to great issues of justice and public well being- Had the clause been designed effectively, it would have indeed been used to bring the public's views and ...
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