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- From: slangley@constant.demon.co.uk (Simon Langley)
- Subject: Re: Finally! We're getting somewhere.
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- References: <1992Nov5.102744.28493@fasttech.com>
- Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 02:03:08 GMT
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- Bohdan Tashchuk (zeke@fasttech.com) wrote:
- :
- : I'm sure a bunch of people will jump on this one. I'm posting rather than
- : mailing, since the info should be of interest to everyone outside the U.S.A.
- :
- : The written U.S. Constitution is the essence of what makes the U.S.A. a far
- : safer democracy than the U.K., and by far the freest country in the world.
- Mr Qualtrough may not know that we also have a right against self-incrimination
- in England and so there really is not that much difference between the two
- countries in this respect.
-
- However, our constitution is, as you imply, not written, and for this reason,
- the final say on our laws belongs to the elected representatives of the
- people rather than a group of unelected Supreme Court judges. Our system
- has served us well for 350 years, how is the US system "safer"?
-
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