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The You Can't Make This Shit Up Department
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RE: The You Can't Make This Shit Up Department
(July 9, 2014 at 7:34 pm)Blackout Wrote: I guess we see things differently in europe. I'll explain it better, our constitution doesn't use amendments, we use the revision act, politicians can change the constitution to fit society's needs.

Yes that's a big difference. Ours is quite difficult to change. How well the constitution is enforced is another difference. Ours can be enforced by citizens through the courts.

(July 9, 2014 at 7:34 pm)Blackout Wrote: However there is an article with something called 'Revision Limits', with a set of things the government cannot change in the constitution even if they revise it. I'll give you the primary limits - You can't compromise sovereignty, democracy, you can't change the form of government (republic), you can't take away people's rights that have been established (both social, political, personal or workers rights), you can't abolish representative democracy... These are just some limits.

Our founding fathers worried that if anyone got too much power, that the constitution might not be worth the paper it was printed on. So they very carefully limited how much power any one person or group could have at a time. That's why are presidents powers are relatively small compared to leaders of other nations.

(July 9, 2014 at 7:34 pm)Blackout Wrote: Once again to make it clear, here it is not a right to free speech to propagate fascist, it is considered a crime just like robbery, murder or offenses to physical integrity are. I have a question, is it a crime in the US to burn your flag?
No, it is not, though it took a Supreme Court case to establish that. You can also hang it upside down, shit on it, or print it backwards if you really want to.

(July 9, 2014 at 7:34 pm)Blackout Wrote: Here you don't have a reason to fear or anything alike because protest that promote discrimination and inequality are not allowed, promoting racism or sexual inequality is a crime of incitement to hate. (same for homophobia)
how does the government want to protect racial and sexual equality by allowing people to promote nazism or fascism? Seems contradicting

By anti discrimination legislation. But you must understand that when the Constitution was written there was no fascism and sexism was a given, as was slavery. It is through free speech that the later two became illegal. Free speech has a rather good track record. We call it the market place of ideas.


(July 9, 2014 at 7:34 pm)Blackout Wrote: A quick question, do you think it is worth to go study abroad for a semester in a country like england that uses the commonlaw system?


Only if you intend to represent clients in international trade. No, I take that back. Case law is about reasoning by analogy. That's a useful skill to hone regardless of what you do for a living.
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RE: The You Can't Make This Shit Up Department - by Jenny A - July 9, 2014 at 8:42 pm
RE: The You Can't Make This Shit Up Department - by Losty - July 13, 2014 at 10:20 pm
RE: The You Can't Make This Shit Up Department - by Losty - July 13, 2014 at 10:34 pm
RE: The You Can't Make This Shit Up Department - by Losty - July 13, 2014 at 10:40 pm

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