Re:UK votes to leave EU
by madengr on Friday June 24, 2016 @08:21AM
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The EU grants rights; I have read your charter. In the US, our rights are inalienable and not granted by government; big difference.
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I am not a lawyer nor a native english speaker, but in both cases we have a central power which limits the powers of the constituting states. In the USA you have the constitution, in Europe its the treaty of Lisbon. And there is a high European court which is the counterpart to the US supreme court. So I am not sure what the fundamental difference is you are referring to.
In the US, our rights are inalienable
As long as you are white. They fixed that later with a few amendments. If you served a prison sentence you may have lost a few as well.
Seems like this inalienable rights can be taken away arbitrarily is what I'm saying.
Re:UK votes to leave EU
by dragonwriter on Friday June 24, 2016 @06:47PM
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Both the EU and US structures of individual rights are based on philosophies of pre-existing, fundamental rights; both the EU and US have governing documents which establish legal rights grounded in those concepts of pre-existing, fundamental rights.