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Comment by IncreasePosts

5 days ago

Just saying "It's unconstitutional" doesn't really cut it. It's a question for the courts to decide (based on the constitution).

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bee_rider  5 days ago

A constitution is the basic big-picture law of the country. The court’s interpretation should be easy to guess. Otherwise, the people won’t feel like it is their document.

Rule of law is aided by laws that people know how to follow.

  • IncreasePosts  5 days ago

    At least in America, a classic go to for Republican and democrats alike for opposing legislation is "that's unconstitutional!"

    • bee_rider  5 days ago

      Sure, I’m from the US as well. In our case, I think this stems from multiple problems—the popular understanding of the constitution and the letter of the thing have diverged, and also the Supreme Court has gone in a third totally unrelated direction. So it becomes a convenient rhetorical meme. (IMO, we should the thing once a generation and have the populace re-ratify it with a high consensus, so we’re all on the same page).

      I’m not sure if that’s the case in Germany though.

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