Kharis Templeman
@kharist.bsky.social
Political scientist w/ Hoover Project on Taiwan in Indo-Pacific @Stanford. Formerly @UMich @UofR. Oregon-born and raised.
E.g.: the constitutional court members serve 8-yr terms. So the court that struck down the KMT-TPP power-grab bills last summer was entirely appointed by Tsai Ing-wen and approved by a DPP LY. Not hard to see why the opposition now wants to paralyze the court unless they get nominees they like.
January 12, 2025 at 7:52 PM
E.g.: the constitutional court members serve 8-yr terms. So the court that struck down the KMT-TPP power-grab bills last summer was entirely appointed by Tsai Ing-wen and approved by a DPP LY. Not hard to see why the opposition now wants to paralyze the court unless they get nominees they like.