09-07-2016, 05:24 PM
(09-07-2016, 01:48 PM)Mikebert Wrote: Are you familiar the view that the US is like the UK, with what effectively is a virtual constitution?
https://nomocracyinpolitics.com/2013/12/...l-history/
The original concept of constitutional change by Amendment was proven false in the aftermath of the Civil War when Amendments were passed and then blatantly ignored without consequence for 70 years. After this abrogration of the Constitution it made less sense to use amendments to make fundamental changes and we moved to the British method.
IMO from a practical POV constitutions are irrelevant, actual political and economic power relations and other socioeconomic forces are what actually matters and what is considered "constitutional" will change as society changes, the actual wording is irrelevant. It is just like with scripture-centered religions where believers interpret their holy texts to mean what they want them to mean, and I think that is an apt comparison given how many Americans, especially on the Right, treat the constitution like a holy text and repeat sections of it like magical mantras.
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