#democratic-legitimacy
#democratic-legitimacy

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Senior opponents of assisted dying bill urge Lords not to deliberately block it

Slow, extensive amendment consideration in the Lords risks preventing passage of assisted dying legislation and raises concerns about the unelected chamber's democratic legitimacy.

Philosophy

fromApaonline

1 day ago

Is Compulsory Voting More Democratic?

Compulsory voting can increase turnout and legitimacy but may preserve the appearance of democracy while eroding substantive engagement if participation is not meaningful.

Philosophy

fromAeon

2 weeks ago

It is not democratic to go to war without the people's consent | Aeon Essays

Democratic leaders often treat citizens' structurally imposed silence as consent for war, undermining democratic legitimacy and the shared responsibility to restrain violence.

fromwww.theguardian.com

3 months ago

The Guardian view on Trump and the Fed: independence is no substitute for accountability | Editorial

Donald Trump's attempt to sack the Federal Reserve governor, Lisa Cook, is the familiar authoritarian trick of bending institutions to serve the leader's immediate ends. The widespread condemnation is deserved. This is not some daring experiment in popular control of monetary policy. Yet what should follow censure is reflection. For the furore over Ms Cook has revealed a peculiar reflex: to defend the Fed's independence as though it were synonymous with democracy itself. But is independence of the Fed, or central banks generally, really that?

US politics

fromThe Atlantic

3 months ago

How ICE Became Trump's Secret Army

Massive expansion and funding of immigration enforcement has fueled widespread detention, empowered private-prison interests, and eroded public trust in law, policing, and democratic legitimacy.