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Grzegorz Braun extinguishes Hanukkah candles in Polish Parliament [459]
would you like something like that in RuSSia? :D
Well, we have it on paper. Everyone copies the US constitution, in one way or another. Except for the British.
I personally have a big hard on for the Bill of Rights.
The second and third amendments are kinda boring (the third is completely useless).
But the 4th through the 8th, just like the 1st, spell out perfectly the sequence of a person's interaction with law enforcement.
1) The 4th - The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures.
2) The 5th - now that you got booked by the cops, after you have been arrested - you cannot be charged with the same crime twice, or be forced to testify against yourself.
3) The 6th - the government cannot keep you locked up forever without a day in court. You have a right to a fair and speedy trial, in a court not far from your home or where you committed the crime, and you have a right to know what you are being accused of.
4) The 7th - you have the right to be judged by a jury of people like you.
5) The 8th - if they still decided to punish you, they can't punish you in cruel or unusual ways.
So here we have, just like in the 1st Amendment, an entire logical process described from start to finish. From the moment your house is searched, to the time when you are already in prison.
A genius this Madison, I tell you.
I could create a whole thread dedicated to all 27 amendments, and write a 2,000 word post every day about just a single amendment. In 27 days, we would be done.
