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In reply to the discussion: "President Barack Obama has signed a death knell for the Bill of Rights." [View all]onenote
(46,346 posts)Legislation can comport with the Constitution or it can violate it and our system of government provides a means for the courts to decide which is the case. But I'm not clear on how signing a bill that violates the constitution is a "death knell" for the Constitution. If that was the case the Constitution would have died a long long time ago since a lot of bills have been enacted and signed that subsequently were found to be unconstitutional.
Heck, the fact that we have three branches of government and that the ultimate fate of the NDAA provisions will rest in the hands of the courts is acknowledged by the ACLU piece you link, even if you chose to highlight a ridiculously hyperbolic statement in your subject line.
But no one is surprised that you'd do that, so points to you for being predictable.