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In the discussion thread: Georgetown law prof: Give up on the constitution? [View all]

Mon Dec 31, 2012, 12:56 PM

Nye Bevan (10,812 posts)

17. And what if we have a Republican President, House and Senate,

who pass a law extending their terms to 20 years, establish Christianity as the official national religion, mandate Christian prayer in all schools, ban all abortions without exception and make it illegal to criticize any Government official?

Would that be "doing fine without the Constitution"?

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45 replies	Author	Time	Post
Georgetown law prof: Give up on the constitution? [View all]	AlinPA	Dec 2012	OP
An excellent read, thanks for sharing	Freddie	Dec 2012	#1
Then what's the point of any country having a fundamental law of any kind?	DavidDvorkin	Dec 2012	#2
Britain does just fine without a written Constitution - n/t	coalition_unwilling	Dec 2012	#5
Britain does in effect have a constitution	DavidDvorkin	Dec 2012	#9
Key phrase is 'in effect'. Britain has no single document called a	coalition_unwilling	Dec 2012	#14
Not really. People get arrested there for making "hurtful" posts on Facebook.	Nye Bevan	Dec 2012	#10
He points out that NZ and Great Britain have no constitution and can function. I'm not arguing	AlinPA	Dec 2012	#6
I don't think it's an either:or proposition, but rather a call to awareness about what we are	patrice	Dec 2012	#12
I don't hearhim saying there should be NO constitution, just not this one as presently	CTyankee	Dec 2012	#25
No, but he is saying that we should pick and choose which parts of it to pay attention to	DavidDvorkin	Dec 2012	#32
And that's what he is saying is the problem. He says our system is not functioning	CTyankee	Dec 2012	#33
When You Have A Decent Argument?	moman	Dec 2012	#3
I agree	riverbendviewgal	Dec 2012	#4
FINALLY	AldoLeopold	Dec 2012	#7
I shudder to think what kind of Constitution we'd come up with today.	Bake	Dec 2012	#21
Don't be scared	AldoLeopold	Dec 2012	#22
I'm not willing to throw away the Bill of Rights for a hope and a promise.	Bake	Dec 2012	#26
I'd throw away the 2nd amendment in a heartbeat on a referendum	AldoLeopold	Dec 2012	#28
So you like and admire the system in, say, Italy? (nt)	Nye Bevan	Dec 2012	#35
How about Germany?	Odin2005	Dec 2012	#38
Yes and Yes	AldoLeopold	Dec 2012	#41
A country that exterminated 6 million Jews 70 years ago?	Nye Bevan	Dec 2012	#43
We should ask ourselves if we are doing with the Constitution what others have done to	patrice	Dec 2012	#8
Nice analogy.	randome	Dec 2012	#11
I would hope for somekind of orienting statement of values about which it is understood that they	patrice	Dec 2012	#15
How would such a statement be different from a Constitution.	NYC_SKP	Dec 2012	#18
I hear you on that. I'm just concerned about people having to sell everything they own in order to	patrice	Dec 2012	#19
And then after they do that, what happens if the state that they moved to changes to something that	patrice	Dec 2012	#20
National referendums	AldoLeopold	Dec 2012	#30
And what if we have a Republican President, House and Senate,	Nye Bevan	Dec 2012	#17
We need a framework, I agree. It doesn't necessarily have to be the original Constitution.	randome	Dec 2012	#24
Parliament	AldoLeopold	Dec 2012	#29
Who writes the laws?	forthemiddle	Dec 2012	#37
The US is becoming a failed state thanks to GOPer obstruction	Cali_Democrat	Dec 2012	#13
So (to take one example) schools should only be desegregated "out of respect, not obligation"?	Nye Bevan	Dec 2012	#16
Amen to this! I read this with great enjoyment this morning and I couldn't agree more.	CTyankee	Dec 2012	#23
We have a process to update the Constitution, what's stopping us?	oldhippie	Dec 2012	#45
Just because he's a Georgetown Law prof doesn't make him right.	Bake	Dec 2012	#27
No, but it makes him learned on the subject	AldoLeopold	Dec 2012	#31
What's the old line?	Coyote_Tan	Dec 2012	#34
I have a feeling that if the police broke into his house at night without a warrant,	Nye Bevan	Dec 2012	#36
Bloody time!!!	nadinbrzezinski	Dec 2012	#39
I agree 100%: The US Constitution needs to be abolished in its present form	BanTheGOP	Dec 2012	#40
What an idiot...	aptal	Dec 2012	#42
It's not just the Constitution.	moondust	Dec 2012	#44

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