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There's hope for legislatures yet

And in legal news today, the California Supreme Court declared that Gavin Newsome, the mayor of San Francisco, didn't actually have the power to declare a law unconstitutional. Of course, whether California will follow Massachusetts down the path of matrimonial kritarchy is yet to be seen, but at least this little bit of anarchy's been stopped.

Hat tip to Chris for the pointer. Guess I've not been following the news lately.

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Kind of ironic that you're decrying kritarchy in an instance wherein a court reversed the action of a mayor.
Why? Only ironic if you think 'kritarchy' means judges making any decision. Which would, of course, be ridiculous.
:-) No, your copious use of the word has made your concept of its meaning clear. (Though other people see it differently.) But the definition itself, being rather archaic, isn't clear about when judges can be said to be the rulers. After all, a hardcore fan of localism and the executive would say that SF's mayor has had power taken from him by the judges.

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