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Bill of rights: “The politicisation of the judiciary is an uncomfortable reality in the US. Do the progressive forces advocating a charter of rights in Australia really want to replicate it here? The ideological and political conflicts of the US Supreme Court over gun control, affirmative action and race relations have spread to the selection and confirmation process of other societies that have adopted a charter or bill of rights. For instance, according to McGill University professor Yves-Marie Morissette, following the introduction of a charter of rights in Canada there has been an “inevitable politicisation of the judiciary. Concerns are now expressed about judicial appointments which previously were only heard in the electoral process.”
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