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minus-squareRegalPotoo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoSince when has a trivial thing like “the law” stopped him from trying to do something he wants?
minus-squarebitwaba@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoThat’s not “the law”. That’s “the Constitution”
minus-squareBlackmist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoAnd everyone knows that can’t be amended.
minus-squareJikiya@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoIt certainly can be, but it’s such a high bar to get over that these days I’m not sure there will be another amendment.
minus-squareRegalPotoo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoWhat is the constitution if not a law?
minus-squarebitwaba@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoIn the strict legal sense it is not the law, it is the document that defines how laws are created. https://www.phe.gov/s3/law/PublishingImages/LawHierarchy.jpg
Since when has a trivial thing like “the law” stopped him from trying to do something he wants?
That’s not “the law”. That’s “the Constitution”
And everyone knows that can’t be amended.
It certainly can be, but it’s such a high bar to get over that these days I’m not sure there will be another amendment.
What is the constitution if not a law?
In the strict legal sense it is not the law, it is the document that defines how laws are created.
https://www.phe.gov/s3/law/PublishingImages/LawHierarchy.jpg