On May 25, the Supreme Court decided to hand down the ruling in a case in which it was disputed whether it was unconstitutional for Japanese living abroad to be unable to vote in the national examination of judges of the Supreme Court.
The first and second trials have sentenced them to violate the Constitution, and it will be interesting to see what the Supreme Court makes.
Five Japanese film directors and lawyers who could not vote for the national examination of judges of the Supreme Court five years ago because they lived abroad have the right to dismiss civil servants if they cannot vote abroad in the national examination. The government is suing for violating Article 15 of the Constitution.
The first and second trials have determined that the provisions of the law that do not allow overseas voting are unconstitutional, and the second trial also points out that it will be illegal if overseas voting is not possible at the next national examination.
The Supreme Court of Japan has decided to hand down the case on May 25.
In an argument held at the Supreme Court on April 20, the plaintiffs complained, "I want you to recognize that there are Japanese people all over the world who are the same people but are not allowed to vote and feel alienated."
On the other hand, the government said, "The reason why we do not allow overseas voting is that the voting method is different from the election, and it is technically difficult to carry out the examination procedure in countries all over the world in a short period of time. There is a rational reason, and the Constitution It's not a violation. "
So far, the Supreme Court has made the provisions of the law unconstitutional in only 10 cases, and it will be interesting to see what kind of constitutional decision is made.