Jacobtm
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« on: October 07, 2009, 11:10:54 AM » |
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I think that alot of the reverence for our constitution comes from the fact that it has provided us with a system that--while far from perfect--has led us through more than 200 years of history under the same *general* system. There aren't many other countries which have existed from the late 1700's into the current day without radical overhauls of their government, but we have. That, to me, says something about our *relatively* set Constitution compared with the more flexible constitutions/basic laws of other countries.
The fact that the Supreme Court could've overturned so many aspects of the New Deal, or that Richard Nixon was forced to resign because he would've been removed from office by Congress, shows to me that our division of powers has to a large degree held up better than that of most any other country over the time-period of our existence.
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