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We seriously need a (law compatible) system to punish lawmakers, in a way that they would never even think to touch basic rights like freedom of speech. Having

We seriously need a (law compatible) system to punish lawmakers, in a way that they would never even think to touch basic rights like freedom of speech. Having a constitution or a democracy is clearly not enough. That's the next step for a just world.

ajmurmann 8y ago
I remember reading years ago about prohibiting politicians from practicing if they proposed too many laws that we found to be in conflict with the constitution. I believe ancient Greece had something like this but cannot find anything about it anymore.
riffraff 8y ago
It is arguable whether this impacts freedom of speech, and it would be argued differently in different jurisdictions.
- Kliment 8y ago
  It absolutely does - when this same law was implemented in Germany as a national law it was struck down by the constitutional court.
  - riffraff 8y ago
    Germany is not all jurisdictions, that is the point.