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Start here: https://www.congress.gov/constitution-annotated/ https://www.congress.gov/constitution-annotated/
by atmosx 11y ago
Start here: https://www.congress.gov/constitution-annotated/ https://www.congress.gov/constitution-annotated/
- andrepd 11y agoI'm not a citizen of the United States nor do I have particular sympathy for their constitution.
- na85 11y agoUgh, American Exceptionalism rears its ugly head yet again. Your constitution is not the epitome of justice or democratic ideals, and is in fact deeply flawed on a fundamental level.
- ktRolster 11y agoand is in fact deeply flawed on a fundamental level. I can accept that it has flaws, but on the fundamental level? It seems pretty solid at that level. The creators thought through the problems and difficulties of government more deeply than most.
- Tomte 11y agoIt's debatable whether this is a "fundamental" flaw, but the American Consitution is basically a set of procedural rules of the game. Civil rights are an afterthought. Most modern constitutions also need all the procedures, of course, but they put certain "inalienable rights" square in the middle of it all. The procedures are merely there to support those rights. Different times, different mindset.
- tedks 11y agoThe assumption of the time was that it was common-sense that the Constitution was a whitelist, not a blacklist. There was pushback against having an enumerated Bill of Rights because then there would be a whitelist of rights, and the Founders feared this would mean that they'd miss something and in the future their government would become oppressive. Hilariously ironic how things turned out instead.
- drumdance 11y agoNo it is not. There are many improvements that could be made to our system, but our reverence for the founding fathers makes that very difficult.
- jgalt212 11y agoYes, America is exceptional insofar as every other place is currently less exceptional.
- ionised 11y agoOh the irony.
- mirimir 11y agoWhat about those of us who aren't US citizens? SOOL?
- joshAg 11y agoUse the similar document for $COUNTRYOFCHOICE
- mirimir 11y agoOK, but there are lots of them, and they're all hard on foreigners.
- TeMPOraL 11y agoUse the Bible. That's something a third of the world agrees on, and the whole west is founded upon it. But seriously, murder being bad is pretty much a human moral universal. You'll find that basic idea wherever and whenever you look (+/- various caveats).
- crb3 11y ago> Use the Bible. That's something a third of the world agrees on, and the whole west is founded upon it. http://www.haaretz.com/grounds-for-disbelief-1.10757 http://www.haaretz.com/grounds-for-disbelief-1.10757 Falsus in unum, falsus in omnibus. Sorry, that authority is impeached.
- mirimir 11y agoI am not arguing that murder is OK. But I do suspect that Paul Le Roux is being railroaded. I also suspect that Barack Obama, who clearly has far more blood on his hands, will never face trial.
- dintech 11y agoThanks Obama!