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nickfftoday at 4:42 AM1 replyview on HN

Yes, much like the EU, they would regularly over-ride the ‘opinions’ of their subordinate states.


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skissanetoday at 5:02 AM

The central party and state organs in Moscow would sometimes overrule decisions by the governments of the SSRs and other subordinate entities. But they didn't do this by having the Supreme Court of the Soviet Union declare laws unconstitutional. They did it by administrative fiat.