#article7

EU28: European Parliament overwhelmingly approves an unprecedented draft motion urging Article 7 proceedings against Hungary over its human rights record. If approved by 27 members of the European Council, Hungary could have its voting rights suspended.#Hungary #SOTEU pic.twitter.com/X8gScbobBC

— Europe Elects (@EuropeElects) September 12, 2018

This is really worrying for European unity. Article 7 was never designed to be actually used. It was designed as the threat so this would never happen. 

Hungary was handed all opportunities to avoid this. But unfortunately, Viktor Orban ignored them all. It almost felt like he wanted to test them, to find out if the EU would be willing to take this step.

If the EU would have not stood up, the threat designed as a deterrence would have become an idle threat and lost all respect. 

Tough choice nevertheless. 

Breaking News:

EU-Abgeordnete für Strafverfahren gegen Ungarn (ORF) https://orf.at/stories/3014202/

EU Parliament votes to trigger Article 7 sanctions procedure against Hungary (DW) https://www.dw.com/en/eu-parliament-votes-to-trigger-article-7-sanctions-procedure-against-hungary/a-45459720

ARTICLE 7

"Laws are repealed only by subsequent ones, and their violation or non-observance shall not be excused by disuse, or custom or practice to the contrary.

When the courts declare a law to b inconsistent with the Constitution, the former shall be void and the latter shall govern.

Administrative and executive acts, orders and regulations shall be valid only when they are not contrary to the laws or the Constitution."

In this article, there are three (3) important principles:

Prohibition of irrepealable laws.

Constitutional supremacy.

Effects of unconstitutionality.

Article 7 is obvious because time moves forward.

A repeal of law takes in two forms, Express Repeal and Implied Repeal.

Express repeal means that the repeal is contained in a special provisions of a subsequent law. When an Express Repeal is repealed, there is no revival, except when the repealing law provides.

There is an Implied Repeal when the following requisites are present:

a. There is an OLD Law and a NEW Law.

b. Both laws cover the same subject matter.

c. The new law is repugnant or INCOMPATIBLE with the old law.

When an Implied Repeal is repealed, there is automatic revival, except when the repealing provides otherwise.

In Statutory Construction there is a rule that in case there is conflict between the prohibitions of an old law and the new law. It is the new law that should govern. The new law will prevail because it is the new, more updated, and more recent reflection of the intentions of the law maker.

The second part of the paragraph, it says that the Constitution is the supreme law of the land. All laws, administrative or executive acts, orders and regulations must conform with the Constitution. If there is conflict between the law or executive act and the Constitution, then the Constitution always prevails. This is known as the principle of Constitutional Supremacy.

What is unconstitutional acts?

"An unconstitutional act is not a law; it confers no rights; it imposes no duties; it affords no protection; it creates no office; it is in legal contemplation as inoperative as though it had never been passed." This was the ruling of the Supreme Court in the case of Chavez vs. Judicial and Bar Council.

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