If so, then why?

  • dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.deOP
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    I do find it odd that you guys put so much emphasis on a document written in a time nothing like today.

    Like surely it should evolve, but I can see how that would go right now so it’s probably for the best.

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      We do amend the Constitution from time to time, but it takes a 2/3 vote in both houses of Congress, plus ratification by 3/4 of states. so it’s quite a high bar.

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      We don’t have parliamentary supremacy. What we have is what we have. A rough equivalent is that (assuming you’re a UK citizen) the Lords could still veto bills and the Commons couldn’t force the issue.