constitutions

[Pope Joan]

America just celebrated the 222nd anniversary of her constitution.

Does your nation have a constitution?

Is it written or unwritten?

Do you support it? What would you like to change?

Maryland, Kentucky and California have never endorsed the 14th Amendment, which provides for "equal protection of the laws". A recent attempt was made in Maryland to endorse the Amendment, but it failed.

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/artic ... 84,00.html

Is a constitution less binding if it fails to have universal support from member states?

[RoI3]

Does the Magna Carta count?

[Pope Joan]

Does the Magna Carta count?

Most informed people agree that England has an unwritten constitution which by and large does well.

[Rejistania]

The German constitution is a joke. First of all: it is not even called a Verfassung (consitution) but Grundgesetz (basic law). Second: it is temporary. Yes, seriously. Look at §146 of it. The Grundgesetz was supposed to last until reunification but no one ever thought that it might be time to give the country a real constitution. In a book, this last article is even used to attempt to return Germany to a constitutional monarchy.

So while it has some good things in it, it feels very temporary to me. Not really the solid base you want your country to stand on.

[Classical Liberal]

I'm a proud supporter of our founding father's constitution.

[Pope Joan]

The German constitution is a joke. First of all: it is not even called a Verfassung (consitution) but Grundgesetz (basic law). Second: it is temporary. Yes, seriously. Look at §146 of it. The Grundgesetz was supposed to last until reunification but no one ever thought that it might be time to give the country a real constitution. In a book, this last article is even used to attempt to return Germany to a constitutional monarchy.

So while it has some good things in it, it feels very temporary to me. Not really the solid base you want your country to stand on.

Well, at least it would be a constitutional monarchy!

What heir of Kaiser Wilhelm would sit the throne, I wonder?

[Greed and Death]

The German constitution is a joke. First of all: it is not even called a Verfassung (consitution) but Grundgesetz (basic law). Second: it is temporary. Yes, seriously. Look at §146 of it. The Grundgesetz was supposed to last until reunification but no one ever thought that it might be time to give the country a real constitution. In a book, this last article is even used to attempt to return Germany to a constitutional monarchy.

So while it has some good things in it, it feels very temporary to me. Not really the solid base you want your country to stand on.

Well, at least it would be a constitutional monarchy!

What heir of Kaiser Wilhelm would sit the throne, I wonder?

Wait I am a direct descendant of Wilhelm.
Put Bush back in office so he can order a regime change.

[Rejistania]

The German constitution is a joke. First of all: it is not even called a Verfassung (consitution) but Grundgesetz (basic law). Second: it is temporary. Yes, seriously. Look at §146 of it. The Grundgesetz was supposed to last until reunification but no one ever thought that it might be time to give the country a real constitution. In a book, this last article is even used to attempt to return Germany to a constitutional monarchy.

So while it has some good things in it, it feels very temporary to me. Not really the solid base you want your country to stand on.

Well, at least it would be a constitutional monarchy!

What heir of Kaiser Wilhelm would sit the throne, I wonder?

In the book "Ein König für Deutschland", the argument was that the old dynasties failed to protect the people and thus voided their rights to the throne, so the school teacher Simon König was the candidate of the Volksbewegung zur Wiedereinführung der Monarchie (people's movement for the re-establishment of monarchy). His argument was: "Someone has to do it."

[Pope Joan]

The German constitution is a joke. First of all: it is not even called a Verfassung (consitution) but Grundgesetz (basic law). Second: it is temporary. Yes, seriously. Look at §146 of it. The Grundgesetz was supposed to last until reunification but no one ever thought that it might be time to give the country a real constitution. In a book, this last article is even used to attempt to return Germany to a constitutional monarchy.

So while it has some good things in it, it feels very temporary to me. Not really the solid base you want your country to stand on.

Well, at least it would be a constitutional monarchy!

What heir of Kaiser Wilhelm would sit the throne, I wonder?

In the book "Ein König für Deutschland", the argument was that the old dynasties failed to protect the people and thus voided their rights to the throne, so the school teacher Simon König was the candidate of the Volksbewegung zur Wiedereinführung der Monarchie (people's movement for the re-establishment of monarchy). His argument was: "Someone has to do it."

OK, but why not let that somebody be greed and death? After a suitable cosmetic name change, of course.

[Greed and Death]

The German constitution is a joke. First of all: it is not even called a Verfassung (consitution) but Grundgesetz (basic law). Second: it is temporary. Yes, seriously. Look at §146 of it. The Grundgesetz was supposed to last until reunification but no one ever thought that it might be time to give the country a real constitution. In a book, this last article is even used to attempt to return Germany to a constitutional monarchy.

So while it has some good things in it, it feels very temporary to me. Not really the solid base you want your country to stand on.

Well, at least it would be a constitutional monarchy!

What heir of Kaiser Wilhelm would sit the throne, I wonder?

In the book "Ein König für Deutschland", the argument was that the old dynasties failed to protect the people and thus voided their rights to the throne, so the school teacher Simon König was the candidate of the Volksbewegung zur Wiedereinführung der Monarchie (people's movement for the re-establishment of monarchy). His argument was: "Someone has to do it."

OK, but why not let that somebody be greed and death? After a suitable cosmetic name change, of course.

*NOD NOD* I will be snotty to the Yanks and comment on how they need to adopt a more European healthcare system.

[Rejistania]

Well, at least it would be a constitutional monarchy!

What heir of Kaiser Wilhelm would sit the throne, I wonder?

In the book "Ein König für Deutschland", the argument was that the old dynasties failed to protect the people and thus voided their rights to the throne, so the school teacher Simon König was the candidate of the Volksbewegung zur Wiedereinführung der Monarchie (people's movement for the re-establishment of monarchy). His argument was: "Someone has to do it."

OK, but why not let that somebody be greed and death? After a suitable cosmetic name change, of course.

Ganz einfach weil ich denke dass der König auch Deutsch sprechen sollte.

But meh, start the VWM in real life, hack the voting machines, and we'll see.

[Greed and Death]

Well, at least it would be a constitutional monarchy!

What heir of Kaiser Wilhelm would sit the throne, I wonder?

In the book "Ein König für Deutschland", the argument was that the old dynasties failed to protect the people and thus voided their rights to the throne, so the school teacher Simon König was the candidate of the Volksbewegung zur Wiedereinführung der Monarchie (people's movement for the re-establishment of monarchy). His argument was: "Someone has to do it."

OK, but why not let that somebody be greed and death? After a suitable cosmetic name change, of course.

Ganz einfach weil ich denke dass der König auch Deutsch sprechen sollte.

But meh, start the VWM in real life, hack the voting machines, and we'll see.

Id learn to speak German If I were to be made monarch.
consider the time it takes to learn German earned leeway from when William the orange sat on the throne of England.

[Pope Joan]

Well, at least it would be a constitutional monarchy!

What heir of Kaiser Wilhelm would sit the throne, I wonder?

In the book "Ein König für Deutschland", the argument was that the old dynasties failed to protect the people and thus voided their rights to the throne, so the school teacher Simon König was the candidate of the Volksbewegung zur Wiedereinführung der Monarchie (people's movement for the re-establishment of monarchy). His argument was: "Someone has to do it."

OK, but why not let that somebody be greed and death? After a suitable cosmetic name change, of course.

Ganz einfach weil ich denke dass der König auch Deutsch sprechen sollte.

But meh, start the VWM in real life, hack the voting machines, and we'll see.

Möglicherweise könnte er babelfish gerade benutzen? -Überraschen. Erstaunlich lustig.

[Rejistania]

OK, but why not let that somebody be greed and death? After a suitable cosmetic name change, of course.

Ganz einfach weil ich denke dass der König auch Deutsch sprechen sollte.

But meh, start the VWM in real life, hack the voting machines, and we'll see.

Id learn to speak German If I were to be made monarch.
consider the time it takes to learn German earned leeway from when William the orange sat on the throne of England.

Point. So... find enough supporters (the majority of them German), found the VWM, get enough support signatures in the different Länder to participate in the federal election 2013, elect the Land lists of candidates, and get either >2/3 of the votes, or find a coalition which agrees on changing the constitution.

[Shinkadomayaka]

My nation has one, all right. It starts like this:
We, the people, of the United States of America, in order to form a more perfect union...
Get where I'm going with this?

[Lunatic Goofballs]

My nation has one, all right. It starts like this:
We, the people, of the United States of America, in order to form a more perfect union...
Get where I'm going with this?

To the beach?

[Western Mercenary Unio]

The constitution of Finland has mostly stuff about rights, form of gorvernment, legislation, international relations, administration of justice and national defence.

If anybody wants to read it: here's a PDF.

[Pope Joan]

The constitution of Finland has mostly stuff about rights, form of gorvernment, legislation, international relations, administration of justice and national defence.

If anybody wants to read it: here's a PDF.

Hmm...I thought there was an article that decreed everyone was entitled to a Nokia phone?

[LOL ANARCHY NUBZ]

I'm in Engalnd, I'm pretty sure we don't have one. I dunno. It'd be good if we did...

[Western Mercenary Unio]

I'm in Engalnd, I'm pretty sure we don't have one. I dunno. It'd be good if we did...

The UK has an unwritten constitution.

[Western Mercenary Unio]

Hmm...I thought there was an article that decreed everyone was entitled to a Nokia phone?

Because cell phones were invented in 1917. And, they're called Sections, not articles.

[Right Wing Politics]

I'm in Engalnd, I'm pretty sure we don't have one. I dunno. It'd be good if we did...

The UK has an unwritten constitution.

Not technically true, its uncodified, ie not in a single document, but large parts of it are written. Statute law forms a primary base of it and that is definately written. Most scholars accept EU treaties and law to be part of the constitution aswell and they are written. The conventions and common law are however unwritten.

[Call to power]

Britain sorta has one (its the same as the US one just on fire) we just don't care about it all that much

America just celebrated the 222nd anniversary of her constitution.

daww so sweet *offers the young nation its first sip of shandy*

[Rejistania]

Britain sorta has one (its the same as the US one just on fire) we just don't care about it all that much

America just celebrated the 222nd anniversary of her constitution.

daww so sweet *offers the young nation its first sip of shandy*

C'mon! don't let Timor Leste see that or it wants one as well

[Aelosia]

We have one. A new one. Ten years old.

So, we have a constitution was was designed written and approved in 1999. However, it has been reformed and ammended already. And there are many, many suits regarding points and articles that seem to be too open to many interpretations.