UK Police arrest women’s safety volunteers on coronation day
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Gotta hand it to the US and their Constitution, it definitely does a better (though maybe not perfect) job protecting citizens from government over-reach.
The US is hardened against some of this, having been born out of rejecting the commonwealth, while others are not and it's showing now.
But rejecting arbitrary rule in the form of kings seems to have paid some dividends... as long as you don't look too hard at "executive orders".
A well functioning liberal democracy needs a means of kicking out the government, and strong limits on the kind of laws a government can impose, through constitutional protections.
Personally I don't think that "decrees" or executive orders or whatever are a problem, as long as they are within the constitution and the population can vote to kick out whoever made them. Much worse is when the constitution, or personal freedoms that should be enshrined, are violated "democratically" with a majority support.
The last proclamation/coronation was a long time ago so most people have no experience but I suspect nothing has changed. These are 'sacred' occasions and public dissent will not be allowed during official events.