But the "official list" as it were is in the Constitution, which both absolutely restricts changes of law which contradict or countermand the Bill of Rights or the rest of the the Constitution, and commands officers of the state to preserve the individual rights of citizens enumerated therein.
So with the Constitution both describing and command the enforcement of boundaries of lawful possibility, all other things are open to amendment subject to the democratic will of the people. As is the Constitution, ultimately.
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Date: 19/4/10 07:11 (UTC)But the "official list" as it were is in the Constitution, which both absolutely restricts changes of law which contradict or countermand the Bill of Rights or the rest of the the Constitution, and commands officers of the state to preserve the individual rights of citizens enumerated therein.
So with the Constitution both describing and command the enforcement of boundaries of lawful possibility, all other things are open to amendment subject to the democratic will of the people. As is the Constitution, ultimately.