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At least in America, a classic go to for Republican and democrats alike for opposing legislation is "that's unconstitutional!"


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bee_rider07/31/2025

Sure, I’m from the US as well. In our case, I think this stems from multiple problems—the popular understanding of the constitution and the letter of the thing have diverged, and also the Supreme Court has gone in a third totally unrelated direction. So it becomes a convenient rhetorical meme. (IMO, we should the thing once a generation and have the populace re-ratify it with a high consensus, so we’re all on the same page).

I’m not sure if that’s the case in Germany though.

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