On Constitutions, as in The Land, Law of, Basic, 1 ea

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On Constitutions, as in The Land, Law of, Basic, 1 ea. – [Argghhh!]
Pardon me if I have trouble understanding the current angst over the difficulties the Iraqis are having in establishing a satisfactory Constitution to govern the basic operational principles of the nation.

Hmmmm. They’ve just been through a period of despotic tyranny, which ended by war.

They struggled through getting an interim government established, to handle basic needs, while they set to the task of designing a more permanent, and hopefully durable system of government that takes into account the needs of a disparate population, while emphasizing certain common cultural elements.

Hopefully this will result in a less abusive and corrupt, if in comparison inherently ‘less stable’ government than that extant prior to the war.

Where have we seen something similar?

If you don’t read anything else today, you have to read this.
 
Has this ever been tried before? We imposed a constitution on Japan and that worked fine. Ours reflected rights everyone agreed they already had. The structures and procedures our constitution created were well known and understood by all.

Hope the Iraqis make it short and primiarily concerned with the structure of government–i.e. how they will resolved the disputes certain to arise.
 
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