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Nye Bevan

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43. A country that exterminated 6 million Jews 70 years ago?

Reply to Odin2005 (Reply #38)

Mon Dec 31, 2012, 11:28 PM

Dec 2012

I think it's fair to say that the US Constitution has a better track record over the last century or so.

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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