Looking to the United States as a timely example of a politician railing against limits on their power, he spoke of US President Donald Trump’s frustration at court decisions that stalled his bid to ban people from seven Muslim countries from entering the United States. However, he warned that constraints on official power should never be taken for granted as there are many ‘who are impatient with the rule of law’, and the way it constrains the exercise of legislative and executive power. He referred to section 75(v) of the Constitution, a potential check on the misuse of power by the government as it gives the High Court the power to review ‘the decisions or conduct of Commonwealth Ministers and officers for jurisdictional error – which broadly speaking includes conduct in excess of constitutional or statutory powers.’ Referring to checks on the exercise of official power in Australia, he said, ‘there is no such thing as unlimited official power be it legislative (laws made by Parliament), executive (power exercised by the Prime Minister and Cabinet) or judicial (power exercised by the courts).’
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Speaking about law and its relationship to rights and freedoms, he warmed to the theme that no one is above the law and that we are all equal before it, those principles being essential elements of a free society. He said: ‘There has never been a more important time to encourage an understanding of the importance of the rule of law to the protection of our rights and freedoms.’ Gaps left by a lack of awareness were ‘readily filled by snake oil salesmen’.įrench was speaking at Victoria Law Foundation’s Law Oration in the Supreme Court on 9 February 2017. Legal drama unfolding in the United States around US President Donald Trump’s bid to restrict immigration has prompted retired High Court Chief Justice Robert French to make pointed comments about the importance of respect for the law.
Judge Robart added that the recent targeted shootings of police officers across the country signaled the importance of strengthening police and community relations.Ĭommissioner Enrique Gonzalez said he’s “very encouraged that a federal judge has actually said that black lives matter, because now we know that not only is this movement happening in the streets … even a federal judge has acknowledged that people of color have been on the receiving end of police brutality and this needs to change,” The Stranger reported.Print French demands respect for the rule of law February 16th 2017 “Black lives matter,” he said, drawing an audible reaction in a courtroom, The Times reported. The judge ended Monday’s hearing by citing a statistic that claimed 41 percent of the shootings nationwide by police were of blacks. Judge Robart threatened to call a hearing and override the city’s bargaining process with the union if he concluded the union was interfering with reform, The Times reported. Stuckey said the union’s vote this summer to reject the deal was not due to “payments and benefits” but to the leak of confidential contract details to The Stranger newspaper, The Times reported. The office of Mayor Ed Murray said it will propose such reforms by Labor Day. “The judge has given us our marching orders,” Mr. Bush appointee, said proposed police reform legislation should include putting a civilian in charge of police oversight, shutting down a police-led disciplinary board and creating a civilian position of inspector general.
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