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Re:Australian activist can't use encrypted apps, must let po... by cookie_monsta on Monday August 01, 2022 @03:58AM (#32303263)
I think you might be thinking of the Bill of Rights, which is the thing that really sets the US apart from those other countries you mentioned. Even the most demonic de facto dictatorships can have constitutions
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Re:Australian activist can't use encrypted apps, must let po... by peeters on Monday August 01, 2022 @09:01AM (#32305346)
Canada has had a Bill of Rights enshrined in its constitution since 1982, it's just called the Charter of Rights and Freedoms: https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/Const/page-12.html

The most controversial thing about Canada's Charter isn't the language of the rights itself, it's that to get the support of the provinces it included what's known as the "notwithstanding clause", whereby a province can choose to expressly ignore parts of the charter in laws it enacts.

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