Did the Founders Hate Government?

[malthaussen]

28. Sounds good to me

Looking over the SA Constitution, I don't see much reason to prefer it myself... based on the language. It is, however, overtly more inclusive than the US Constitution, especially in terms of, for example, using the word "everyone," instead of "all men," which latter some people seem to think can be interpreted to not include... well, just about anyone.

I'm just going over the Bill of Rights, which parallels ours in most ways, but to me appears to contain ambiguities through which one might drive a truck.

There is an interesting disclaimer, too, from the South African Government Information bureau, who's web page I am consulting, to the effect that the Constitution is not an official government publication, which is... weird?

And citizenship is established by statute, not by the Constitution.

Updated: It gets more interesting later. The SA Constitution guarantees a considerably greater number of rights explicitly than does that of the US. This might be one reason why it is preferred.

-- Mal