2022.11.15 16:27Nation

違憲状態８件、合憲７件　国会取り組み評価割れ、違憲も１件―参院選「１票の格差」、判決出そろう

　「１票の格差」が最大３．０３倍だった７月の参院選は投票価値の平等を定めた憲法に違反するとして、二つの弁護士グループが全国１４の高裁・支部に選挙無効を求めた１６件の訴訟の判決が１５日、出そろった。国会の取り組みをどう評価するかで「違憲状態」８件、「合憲」７件と判断が分かれ、国会の不作為を断じた「違憲」判断も１件あった。
　１６件目の仙台高裁秋田支部（見米正裁判長）は同日、「違憲状態」と判断した。いずれも選挙無効の請求は退けており、原告側の上告を受けて、最高裁が統一判断を示す。（2022/11/15-16:27）

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2022.11.15 16:27Nation

8 Rulings Find July Upper House Poll in Unconstitutional State

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Japan's House of Councillors election in July was found to have been held in a state of unconstitutionality in terms of vote-value disparities by eight court rulings issued by Tuesday.
   Seven rulings have found that the election for the upper chamber of the Diet, Japan's parliament, was constitutional on a total of 16 lawsuits filed with high courts and high court branches across the country by two groups of lawyers.
   One ruling has found the election unconstitutional.
   On Tuesday, the Akita branch of Sendai High Court became the eighth court to find that the election was held in a state of unconstitutionality.
   Tadashi Mikome, presiding judge of the branch, rejected the plaintiffs' demand to nullify the election results.