[braiamp]

Nah, it's not. Things sometimes needs to be spelled out so that there's ZERO wiggle room. That's why the universal declaration of human rights had to be so extensive and verbose. There are people that will justify a missing comma as their actions being allowed by the constitution.

[ethbr1]

The entire point of enumerating rights in a founding document is that it will be at odds with future interests.

Of course someone in power is going to try and twist the meaning to their own gain.

That inevitable desire is literally why the rights needed to be included in the first place.

[braiamp]

And yet, the US constitution by all metrics is the one lagging behind every other constitution about guaranteeing rights. The US had a solid first draft, it's time to update it.

[Supermancho]

> The US had a solid first draft, it's time to update it.

That's what the amendment system is for.

[ahmeneeroe-v2]

by which metrics? which other countries?

The US is deeply flawed but generally speaking we have a lot of rights