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King Charles III Praises US Checks and Balances in Congress Speech
Two and a half centuries after America declared independence from the 'absolute Tyranny' of his great-great-great-great-great grandfather, King Charles III hailed the separation of powers that replaced the British monarchy in the former colonies as part of what he called a 'great inheritance' passed down from the United Kingdom to the United States.Address to CongressSpeaking to a joint meeting of Congress in the same spot where his late mother, Queen Elizabeth II, had spoken 35 years earlier, the King wryly noted that the dispute which led to the American rebellion against the Crown, over 'taxation without representation,' sprung from a 'shared democratic value' between both the U.S. and U.K.Praise for American RebelsHe also praised the 'bold and imaginative rebels' who threw off his family's rule as having 'carried forward' principles of the British enlightenment that themselves drew from the 'deeper history' of English common law and the Magna Carta. — As he noted that the U.S. Supreme Court has cited that latter document over 160 times as 'the foundation of the principle that executive power is subject to checks and balances,' the House chamber erupted into applause.
Congress cheers King Charles for underlining 'checks and balances ...
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Charles receives standing ovation for remarks on checks and balances ...
King Charles received raucous applause as he highlighted the importance of checks and balances in his address before Congress. Charles pointed to the UK's own Declaration of Rights of 1689 as ...
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Many of the themes the king has mentioned — the foundations of democracy, the assurances of checks and balances, and how thoughtful debate strengthens the legislative process — land at a time ...
