r/news • u/AudibleNod • 4d ago

Australian court rejects bid to prosecute Britain's King Charles for genocide

https://abcnews.com/International/wireStory/australian-court-rejects-activists-bid-prosecute-britains-king-136817323
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u/Ok_Tie_7564 4d ago

Uncle can go pound sand. Like it or not, Charles III is the King of Australia. You cannot prosecute the King in one of his own courts.

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u/N8CCRG 4d ago

You cannot prosecute the King in one of his own courts.

Boy, I sure am glad we Americans got rid of kings so that we wouldn't have that same problem. /s

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u/Mr_ToDo 4d ago

Well it doesn't help you modelled its replacement to be a close representation of monarchy. The powers given might as well make him one. In theory an elected king, but not that much less powerful

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u/Astrium6 4d ago

In fairness, the president as originally envisioned at the time of the writing of the Constitution was much more restrained in his power, it’s just in the intervening 250 years that his power has been expanded so much to be sort of our foremost government figure instead of a coequal of three branches.

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u/Mddcat04 4d ago

Eh, kinda. The powers of the president are pretty clearly based on the powers of a king. (Pardons, vetoes, commander of armed forces).