
Rainer Knopff
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Aug 6, 2026
Rainer Knopff and Ted Morton: Canadian judges ran amok with the Charter
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Rainer KnopffGUEST
Canadian federalism jurisprudence on the Supreme Court of Canada was more active than it was in the United States at that time.

Rainer KnopffGUEST
Under the Bill of Rights, nobody was going to court very much because you couldn't expect anything.

Rainer KnopffGUEST
But because of the increase in judicial discretion and legal uncertainty, groups are gonna go to court, including groups that traditionally have lost a lot of cases because they can occasionally win one or two or three.

Rainer KnopffGUEST
And we've seen that from the CCF, for example, it joyfully, celebrates its victories when they happen.
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