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I’m not sure having a written Constitution helps much more if it’s constantly violated and the remedy occurs well after the damage is done, if at all.



See: Second, 4th, 5th, and 10th Amendments of the U.S. Federal Constitution.

People in power are going to abuse it as long as they can get away with it. Period.


Having the grounds for maybe getting a remedy is strictly better than not having it. It could be a lot better, but if we could have that first step of the government having (de jure) inviolable restrictions, it would be quite nice.




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