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Dec 21, 2021 · 21 December 2021. Why democracies need the notion of a loyal opposition. Democracy is a battle of ideas, but one that depends on treating opponents as legitimate adversaries not treasonous enemies. By Jonathan Wolff. Garry Walters/Ikon.
May 12, 2021 · Loyal opposition in the EU. The concept of loyal opposition—in some form—is a key requirement of a functioning democracy: it must be possible to oppose the policies and tendencies of the current government without being branded a traitor, a subversive, or some other class of undesirable.
Jan 25, 2019 · Updated January 25, 2019. Congressional Research Service. https://crsreports.congress.gov. RL30666. Summary. The House minority leader, the head of the “loyal opposition,” is elected every two years by secret ballot of his or her party caucus or conference.
Aug 16, 2016 · Loyal Opposition and the Political Constitution | Oxford Journal of Legal Studies | Oxford Academic. Journal Article. Loyal Opposition and the Political Constitution. Grégoire Webber. Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, Volume 37, Issue 2, Summer 2017, Pages 357–382, https://doi.org/10.1093/ojls/gqw023. Published: 16 August 2016. PDF. Split View.
Apr 21, 2021 · In some settings, the “systemic” opposition is called the “loyal” or “official” opposition. Excluded groups meanwhile are sometimes referred to as the “radical opposition” or the “unrecognized opposition.” Prominent examples stretch from Suharto’s Indonesia and South Africa under apartheid to the Arab world.
Nov 4, 2020 · The US is facing a crisis of democratic legitimacy. Clemens Bilan/EPA. Even as millions of votes in key battlegrounds were being counted, Donald Trump incorrectly declared victory in the US...
The Opposition's dignified titles—Her Majesty's and Loyal—signal the standing. of the Opposition within the constitution. Although the etymology of the first. of these two titles ('Her Majesty's') can be traced to Hobhouse, the history of the second designation ('Loyal') is rather more difficult to track.
