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What do you want the government we are creating with this nascent constitution to do.
By this I mean, what powers do you want it to have, if any? Or what do you want it not to be allowed?
What duties should it have? What authority?
Personally I think it is impossible for any individual or even large body of persons to really consider all the possible acts a government might take, then allow/disallow as needed.
Therefore it might be best to disallow all except a few specific duties and authorities, to avoid expansion of power/authority without a serious debate over a constitutional amendment.
In other words, I would think it best to have a constitution that assigns specific duties to the government, and gives it specific authorities to support those duties.
It must be written in such a way that adding duties or authorities can only be accomplished by a debate/discussion open to all citizens, in such a way that they can fully grasp the questions at hand and make their individual opinion on the matter known (through whatever system we emplace to transmit power from the people to the governing body).
By this I mean, what powers do you want it to have, if any? Or what do you want it not to be allowed?
What duties should it have? What authority?
Personally I think it is impossible for any individual or even large body of persons to really consider all the possible acts a government might take, then allow/disallow as needed.
Therefore it might be best to disallow all except a few specific duties and authorities, to avoid expansion of power/authority without a serious debate over a constitutional amendment.
In other words, I would think it best to have a constitution that assigns specific duties to the government, and gives it specific authorities to support those duties.
It must be written in such a way that adding duties or authorities can only be accomplished by a debate/discussion open to all citizens, in such a way that they can fully grasp the questions at hand and make their individual opinion on the matter known (through whatever system we emplace to transmit power from the people to the governing body).