Ruling Party Looks to Pack the Korean Supreme Court
The DPK is looking to end the only institution that is a check on their power the Supreme Court by packing it with leftist sympathizers:
The ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK)’s recent legislative proposal to expand the number of justices on Korea’s Supreme Court from the current 14 has ignited a passionate debate. Advocates argue that reform would make the judiciary more representative, correct a long-standing conservative bias and ease the court’s workload. Critics fear the move is less about balance and more about power. Whatever one’s political sympathies, Korea would be wise to look abroad before proceeding. The experiences of Poland and the United States offer sobering warnings.
When Poland’s right-wing populist Law and Justice Party came to power in 2015 by capturing the presidency and a parliamentary majority, a wave of fear swept through Polish civic circles. The opposition worried that the judiciary remained the last check on the populists’ power, while party leaders countered that the courts were elitist, politically biased and hostile to the will of the people. On that basis, the government embarked on an ambitious project of “judicial reform.” They lowered the Supreme Court retirement age to remove senior judges, introduced a new disciplinary system that gave politicians greater power to punish or remove judges deemed disloyal, and expanded certain courts to stack them with loyalists — pejoratively dubbed “neo-judges.”
Defended as technical fixes, in practice these changes enabled the ruling party to increasingly capture the judiciary. Judges who resisted were harassed, sidelined or disciplined. Trust in the impartiality of Poland’s judiciary collapsed. The European Union condemned the reforms as violations of democratic norms and launched infringement proceedings. Nearly a decade later, after the populists’ fall from power, Poland’s Supreme Court now has competing chambers that issue contradictory rulings, deepening uncertainty and further eroding public trust — a clear illustration of how such reforms, even if well-meaning, can breed dysfunction.
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Poland is an interesting example.
The Polish right didn’t “pack” the courts. They made structural reforms designed to empower their judges and remove or disempower leftist judges.
What is the result?
Apart from a conservative Catholic ruling on outlawing abortion when a prenatal test shows serious abnormalities, there was no solid right wing influence…
…except…
…the reduction of EU influence over the interests of the Polish people.
This shows up in areas like immigration.
Check Poland’s flat rape statistics while other countries statistics have had triple digit increases due to the wonders of diversity and forced multiculturalism.
(The numbers are too big to hide with even the normal statistical trickery.)
Compare Islamic terrorist incidents.
Hint: Poland is still at zero
The Korean left’s plan to pack the court is much more direct than Poland’s and it is designed to empower a potentially destructive globalist agenda rather than a nationalist agenda for the benefit of Koreans.
If the left does pack the court in Korea, expect the same immigration woes as Europe, sharia law, and dramatically-increased rapes and property crimes by immigrants.
It’s the way the globalists roll…
@GIKorea @setnaffa
And it is OK for your MAGA to pack the US Supreme Court with right wing wacko judges who make sure that there are no checks on Trump’s power?
“And it is OK for your MAGA to pack the US Supreme Court with right wing wacko judges who make sure that there are no checks on Trump’s power?”
Let’s look at what packing a court means.
Traditionally, it was adding more members to dillute the existing members.
That definition had somewhat expanded to cover manipulations of the process.
But, no, the American Supreme Court is not packed by any definition. All members were appointed fully within the traditional rules.
If you want to blame someone, blame Ruth Bader Ginsburg who egotistically refused to retire when there was a Democratic president.
Combined with more centerist Kennedy retiring on Trump’s watch and being replaced by a solid conservative, there is now a supermajority of conservatives.
But there is no packing.
Everybody I disagree with is a Nazi and every court that doesn’t sabotage America is packed.
Korea is doomed.
@Flyingsword, the whole world is doomed and the only way to avoid it is to become a Christian, so after the world burns, you can go to heaven instead of hell.
“Korea is doomed.”
That can go either way.
If Koreans decide they don’t like being poor becasue their surplus labor is extracted by globalist, and those aligned with them, Korea is not doomed.
It just takes a unified Korea First national mindset. Korea has a history of being good at that.
A good litmus test for this is if Korea makes it a national priority to kick out all the invasive Muslims and then supercharge the automation industry to replace the 3rd world farm laborers with robots.
Then Korea identifies its strengths and weaknesses and manages them… nuclear over imported oil and fake green energy, concentrate on industries that can’t be forced to relocate (military, space, AI), learn to code, etc.
Or…
Maybe the current stagnant wages, inflated prices, unaffordable housing, rising energy costs, mounting debt, and declining purchasing power is just not strong enough to convince Koreans they don’t want more…
…so they will continue to accept Korean governments helping those with exploitive anti-Korean agendas, from the globalists to the Chinese.
Then Korea is lost.
People deserve what they accept.
I am completely against this. The only reason they’re even suggesting this is to protect their one and only dictator, LEE XIAMING. This has nothing to do with “easing workload” and “stuff.” LEE OUT!