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That's a bit dismissive. Goedel was correct about making the US a dictatorship. The fact that the amending clause allows unlimited amendment (particularly of th
by Y_Y 9y ago
That's a bit dismissive. Goedel was correct about making the US a dictatorship. The fact that the amending clause allows unlimited amendment (particularly of the amending clause itself) means a series of malicious amendments could irrevocably change the constitution to that of a dictatorship and forbid returning to a democracy. Now maybe people would just give up on the constitution at that point, but in terms of the overall legal system he's dead right.
[edit: for more information please see: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2010183 https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2010183 ]
- anigbrowl 9y agoI've always thought it was more likely over article 2 section 3, which allows the President to adjourn both houses of Congress indefinitely under certain circumstances. If one was expecting to be impeached, for example, a little procedural hiccup on the timetable of adjournment would be sufficient to suspend legislative business altogether.
- jacquesm 9y agoLet's hope that his insights won't be put to the test.
- snomad 9y agoWhen we get to that level of a flaw, it is nice to remember that technically our own hollowed constitution is simply an illegal overwrite of the Articles of Confederation.