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Re: Do constitutions written on paper work any better than those written on stone?

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And politics should be subject to the choices the people make, not the courts.

If we had a functional two party system, congress would enacts laws based on the majority.

A majority of Americans want universal background checks before guns can be purchased, like 90%. Yet...

60%+ want women to have the choice for an abortion.

As for holding Trump & co. accountable, too many republicans fear a primary where Trump puts his thumb on the scale.
McCarthy doesn't even hold the 'fringe' in his party accountable, thus making them the ones' in charge of the asylum.

The SCOTUS is a religious cabal at this point, imposing their religious beliefs on All.
I don't know HOW we will survive if they in essence revoke Roe.


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Do constitutions written on paper work any better than those written on stone?
By: Cactus Flower
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Sun, 05 Dec 21 11:24 AM
Msg. 44085 of 54959

We'll see.

But the more they are revered, the more like stone the paper they are written on becomes.

And there's nothing like a stone tablet for fixing the law to a gradual condition of irrelevance. Or worse, that serves as an obstruction to the changes a society needs to operate.

Societies evolve. The way the law works must do also.

I have thought for a long time that the US constitution is not fit for purpose for this reason. And yet now it is the only thing that shields the country from the end of its democracy.

Not sure how this ends well. Although it contains some important ideas, I'd definitely scrap the Bill of Rights. It's just a political football in the hands of this SCOTUS. And politics should be subject to the choices the people make, not the courts.


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