tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5492310882851199969.post3253144714638125368..comments2024-01-09T15:03:54.986-05:00Comments on Wolf Howling: The Left's Constitutional Wish ListGWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05814327154035433443noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5492310882851199969.post-65053370808798064782012-02-08T10:46:47.227-05:002012-02-08T10:46:47.227-05:00Hi Greg. Thanks for stopping by and commenting. ...Hi Greg. Thanks for stopping by and commenting. <br /><br />If the questions of which Constitution to use as a model were centered on mere linguistics and clarity, I would agree with you. Our Constitution is brief and to actually enact it in another country today, it would require not merely the language of our Constitution, but the sum of the intent of the Founders and the 200 plus years of interpretation.<br /><br />But the issue here goes beyond clarity or linguistics. As I note, what the left are embracing are Constitutions that contain, as fundamental rights, all the trappings of the socialist welfare state in toto. That is substance.<br /><br />Can you imagine, for one minute, what life would be like in America today if the Greens were able to litigate on a Constitutional provision that guaranteed each American a fundamental right to a clean environment? We would be litigated back to the 19th century. <br /><br />You also miss one of the fundamental aspects of these modern Constitutions. Virtually every one of them, after granting these extensive "rights," then turns around and provides the government with a low-threshold trapdoor to limit all of the rights. If you trust government, than such a trapdoor is fine. But if you don't, then such Constitutions are highly suspect indeed.<br /><br />Egypt is not devoid of European influence. Its judicial system is based on the Napoleonic code. Its governing system was nominally a Republic, though a dictatorship in practice.<br /><br />At any rate, I am not sure of which "Enlightenment" ideal, either in terms of state power or the bill of rights, you would deny to the Egyptians or see them alter. Nor am I sure which "rights" you would see added to their Constitution.GWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05814327154035433443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5492310882851199969.post-22409390922891336092012-02-08T06:25:11.907-05:002012-02-08T06:25:11.907-05:00I would like to point out that the justice has it ...I would like to point out that the justice has it right.<br /><br />Our Constitution, with its vague language and archaic terminology, really is not a proper model for Egypt to use.<br /><br />After all, our Constitution was written by and for an overwhelmingly Christian people who were familiar with and supportive of Enlightenment ideals and accepting of a legal system rooted in the Common Law tradition of England.<br /><br />Egypt fits none of those criteria, and so would find our Constitution a poor fit.Rhymes With Righthttp://rhymeswithright.mu.nunoreply@blogger.com