So many countries have edited their constitution since their inception. The US is the only big player that regularly reveres the sacred holy toilet paper to the point of receiving death threats if you suggest so much as a comma in the middle of a sentence
The states also have their constitutions and you only need to look at the the state of Texas to see a constitution done wrong. Imagine every bad law (like tort reform or same-sex marriage bans) being constitutional because each law was passed by constitutional amendment.
So do you have any examples of constitutional amendment processes done right?
IMO, this is just how common law systems are doomed to operate. Judicial interpretations become case law and the only way to change it is either to amend the constitution or appoint idelogues to the judiciary who are willing to toss stare decisis straight out the window.
Leaving the shitshow of Texas aside, amendments to state constitutions are often among the only ways to put a public referendum on the ballot and are often used to pass something that could just as well had been legislation were it not for the terminally corrupt state legislatures.
So many countries have edited their constitution since their inception. The US is the only big player that regularly reveres the sacred holy toilet paper to the point of receiving death threats if you suggest so much as a comma in the middle of a sentence
The most recent amendment to the US constitution took 202 years to ratify, and that was 30 years ago.
Law students will literally dig up 2 century old amendments rather than accept a mediocre college grade
The states also have their constitutions and you only need to look at the the state of Texas to see a constitution done wrong. Imagine every bad law (like tort reform or same-sex marriage bans) being constitutional because each law was passed by constitutional amendment.
So do you have any examples of constitutional amendment processes done right?
IMO, this is just how common law systems are doomed to operate. Judicial interpretations become case law and the only way to change it is either to amend the constitution or appoint idelogues to the judiciary who are willing to toss stare decisis straight out the window.
Leaving the shitshow of Texas aside, amendments to state constitutions are often among the only ways to put a public referendum on the ballot and are often used to pass something that could just as well had been legislation were it not for the terminally corrupt state legislatures.