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Re:Amy Goodman Is Facing Prison for Reporting on the Dakota ... by venomsnake on Sunday October 16, 2016 @01:42PM (#12719823)
Constitution is above the law.
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Re:Amy Goodman Is Facing Prison for Reporting on the Dakota ... by eddieh on Sunday October 16, 2016 @01:44PM (#12719836)
I think the constitution is the law. Right?
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Re:Amy Goodman Is Facing Prison for Reporting on the Dakota ... by photogrammetry on Sunday October 16, 2016 @01:49PM (#12719864)
Constitution is above the law because it is not the law. It cannot be changed the same way that a law can; it doesn't go into the low-level things that laws generally do. In many ways it is a repository of meta-law. It defines the boundaries of laws and rights.
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