NYT: Let’s Give Up on the Constitution

[Kasz216]

kumagawa said:

Kasz216 said:

Soleron said:
I wish we had a Constitution like yours. It's worth keeping for the First Amendment alone.

Yes, the US government regularly ignores it, and it has many other problems besides that. Getting rid of one major protection people have from government overreach is not a solution though.

lol at holding up Britain as an example of good democratic process. There is no check on passing what the Prime Minister wants passed other than media whining. Unlike the US, individual members of the legislature are not free to act and can't effectively block anything.

The UK is afterall the place where you can be jailed for angry tweets.

 

Yes it's only the UK that arrests people for tweets the USA has never done so.  Oh wait!

Last Monday, two British tourists landed at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and were greeted with handcuffs. The reason for their detainment did not stem from inappropriate behavior during their flight to the U.S. Rather, Homeland Security had flagged two of the male tourists' tweets leading up to his trip as potential threats to America.

http://laist.com/2012/01/30/international_twitter_fail_british_tourists_arrested.php

Except they weren't arrested.  There is a difference between questioning and an arrest.