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Do you have any idea how many laws have been overturned because they were unconstitutional? It's U.S. Government 101.
by fortythirteen 9y ago
Do you have any idea how many laws have been overturned because they were unconstitutional? It's U.S. Government 101.
- unclebucknasty 9y ago>Do you have any idea how many laws have been overturned because they were unconstitutional? It's U.S. Government 101. What you're missing is that the laws being overturned here are themselves directly concerned with the democratic process.
- fortythirteen 9y agoAre you surprised that the legislature creates laws about how the democracy functions? What do you think a constitutional amendment is?
- unclebucknasty 9y ago>Are you surprised that the legislature creates laws about how the democracy functions? You seem to be deliberately missing the point.
- dang 9y agoPlease don't do flamewars on Hacker News. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- unclebucknasty 9y agoI didn't. At least, I don't believe I did. The GP was consistently ignoring the salient point that I and others repeatedly made; instead pursuing the same line of attack as if we hadn't pointed out the inconsistency. Hence, it seemed to me that he was not interested in engaging in honest dialogue, so I pointed to his approach to the discussion. There was no personal attack.
- roywiggins 9y agoWell, constitutional amendments aren't laws, for a start.
- dragonwriter 9y agoYes, the Constitution is the Supreme Law of the Land, and amendments to that law are themselves laws. They aren't statutes, which are a lesser and more-common form of law.
- dang 9y agoWould you please not do flamewars on Hacker News? especially political flamewars? We're hoping for something different here. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html