Facing reality about the EU is a core requirement for good management

Re:Facing reality about the EU is a core requirement for goo... by buzzert on Wednesday March 06, 2024 @02:45AM (#39613369)

The US Constitution maintains that rights defined in the Bill of Rights pre-exist government ("inalienable"). The EU's Charter of Fundamental Rights defines rights granted to the people by the government.

This is a subtle, but important difference.

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Re:Facing reality about the EU is a core requirement for goo... by schoen on Wednesday March 06, 2024 @03:16AM (#39613553)

I agree that the U.S. political tradition often regards our rights as recognized or discovered rather than granted, but the "inalienable" language is from the Declaration of Independence, not the Bill of Rights (and in the original it was "unalienable", which is now archaic).

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Re:Facing reality about the EU is a core requirement for goo... by piva00 on Wednesday March 06, 2024 @09:44AM (#39616458)

I still can't reconcile the fact that "Life" is one of those inalienable rights while the US still has capital punishment (and that part of the population even celebrates having it).

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Re:Facing reality about the EU is a core requirement for goo... by buzzert on Friday March 08, 2024 @01:39PM (#39644403)

Capital punishment is not in the constitution, and it is regularly challenged legally. Many states are continuing to abolish it.

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