#constitutions

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National constitutions can change entirely without a single amendment 🔗 https://factsaday.com/en/fact/6094/national-constitutions-can-change-entirely-without-a-single-amendment #history #facts #didyouknow #funfacts #constitutions #amendment

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Christ is followed through the Gospel of the Beatitudes, shaping Christian life, mission, and service.

Quote of the day, 1 February: OCDS Constitutions

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St. Edith Stein describes how St. Teresa returned to Avila as prioress of the Monastery of the Incarnation.

Quote of the day, 6 October: St. Edith Stein

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Supprimons ces prisons coloniales !

Un appel à une révision de notre loi fondamentale au relent colonial. Notre réaction à la livraison de MMK, nous donne l’occasion de revenir à notre justice. [8/28, 20:44] MMK Le Réseau pour les droits de l’homme tire la sonnette d’alarme sur la situation catastrophique dans les prisons de Beni, Butembo et Lubero, au Nord-Kivu. Il signale un manque criant de nourriture et de médicaments,…

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There isn't really a penalty for unconstitutional laws - maybe one day the Supreme Court rules they are unconstitutional and revokes them, but no one who created or enforced the law is punished in any way. They aren't even removed from office. But we can imagine some ways that a constitution might be made more enforceable.

Removal from office of officials who have done unconstitutional things. Maybe this would create a whole slew of removals and one could see the argument that it would be difficult to fill those positions, especially with something like Congress where you need to have an election to fill the seat otherwise you run into the problem that the officials aren't actually elected by the people. But I think removal from office would be a compelling incentive for officials to be more careful.

The other "punishments" this country usually uses are jail time and fines. I don't love the idea of fines because any fine that is large enough to be painful is going to mean that those who aren't wealthy might be discouraged from holding office, and I could see wealthy donors stepping in to pay the fine in any case, and the lawmaker not feeling the pain. I'm uncomfortable with imprisonment in general, but it would allow for punishment of someone whose term has expired (and in this scenario we're already talking about a government with the power to create and enforce laws and sort of bypassing the question of whether such a government is correct in the first place)

Maybe the constitution needs to establish an ombudsman with a longer term of office than the president, whose powers are along the lines of calling out the national guard to oppose an unconstitutional action (of course, this raises the question of who is going to monitor the ombudsman and ensure they are appropriately enforcing the constitution. Maybe there is something like the old roman dictators where once you call out the guard, your term is over. That's it. Your job is just to call them once to back up the constitution and then you are retired. Maybe it could even be assigned to someone at random)

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Making Constitutions above Sharia - Dr Zakir Naik