Throw away the Bill of Rights as it is currently stands.
Assume you have a special magical parchment such that any amendment you write down becomes law without the ordinary amendment-approval process.
If you needed to enumerate the 10 most important rights, what would the result be?
Assumptions
Who gets Constitutional rights in your America?
And what exactly are those rights?
Assume you have a special magical parchment such that any amendment you write down becomes law without the ordinary amendment-approval process.
If you needed to enumerate the 10 most important rights, what would the result be?
Assumptions
Assume that one needn't try to make the new BoR jibe with past SCOTUS decisions. Pure tabula rasa. With the additional assumption that if one writes a new amendment that is quite similar to a current amendment, then future SCOTUS decisions would be similar to past decisions. (E.g. including a right against self-incrimination would lead directly to a right to consult a lawyer before answering questions after an arrest. But there is nothing against including a right to a lawyer as a separate clause in an amendment dealing with criminal justice.)So.
Assume all other Amendments remain in place.
Assume that the magical parchment will not let you write the words: firearm, gun, arms, rifles, pistols, handguns, shotguns, or revolvers. (We have enough gun threads in this forum. And if you find that restriction intolerably unfair, you are welcome to start a completely different thread about how the Second Amendment should be written).
Assume that anything not included in your enumerated rights will be decided at a state level.
Who gets Constitutional rights in your America?
And what exactly are those rights?
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