What are supreme courts for? Well, to tell us what laws apply. Naive people think they can read it in constitutions and codes. But they are mistaken. The real law is not that which is written in some document. The real law is the one that judges and police officers follow, that the government operates from, that the general public reckons with, and that people follow.
In Romania, for example, they have a law that says that if the most influential one percent of people are dissatisfied with the outcome of an election, that election will be cancelled.
In the Czech Republic, we have a law that the government has the right to shut down opposition websites at will. Another law says that citizens can be punished for any statement (even the most innocent) if the government decides years later that the statement was unacceptable.
In most of Western Europe, laws say that swearing at Muslims is a more serious crime than the brutal rape of an underage girl.
Of course, the actual laws change from time to time. For example, in America in 2020, the electoral boards were required to count postal votes that did not meet the formal requirements (such as the correct date of posting). In 2024, the boards are prohibited from counting those votes.
This is not an ironic post. That’s how it really works. It’s up to citizens to learn to guess what the actual laws are. And the vast majority can do that without any problems.