Constitutional Amendment to Protect Civil Liberties (Withdrawn)

[Gabu]

I'm curious about this bit here:

...anything in the Constitution or Laws of any Region to the contrary notwithstanding.

Doesn't this mean that any region can make a law that effectively overrules that section?

[Gabu]

Oh yes, I can never remember whether something being "notwithstanding" means that it's being ignored or that it's a special case.  Quite frankly, I think that the English language would be given a large boost if the word were abolished.

Anyways, yes, having looked up the definition of the word, I now see that I was wrong in my interpretation of that passage.