As a legal question, too, it is a matter of grave doubt whether there ought to be two supreme courts in this country--the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, and (what is in fact though not in name) the Judicial Committee of the House of Lords.
Bagehot raises concerns about the existence of two supreme courts in England and the confusion it creates.
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