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		<title>By: R.G. Livingston</title>
		<link>http://www.aicgs.org/issue/constitutional-challenges-and-choices/#comment-7358</link>
		<dc:creator>R.G. Livingston</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2012 21:53:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My immediately preceding comment was submitted at 5:51 p.m. on September 17  (not at 9:51 p.m., as the website has it)]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My immediately preceding comment was submitted at 5:51 p.m. on September 17  (not at 9:51 p.m., as the website has it)</p>
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		<title>By: R.G. Livingston</title>
		<link>http://www.aicgs.org/issue/constitutional-challenges-and-choices/#comment-7357</link>
		<dc:creator>R.G. Livingston</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2012 21:51:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In considering the Constitutional Court&#039;s decision, it is important to bear in mind that whereas amending the American constitution is rare and difficult, amending the German Basic Law ( Grundgesetz) has taken place dozens of times since the Federal Republic was established in 1949.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In considering the Constitutional Court&#8217;s decision, it is important to bear in mind that whereas amending the American constitution is rare and difficult, amending the German Basic Law ( Grundgesetz) has taken place dozens of times since the Federal Republic was established in 1949.</p>
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		<title>By: Chris</title>
		<link>http://www.aicgs.org/issue/constitutional-challenges-and-choices/#comment-6521</link>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2012 16:02:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&quot;....as is the custom of the German Federal Constitutional Court.&quot;

Which is in and of itself a true demonstration of that court&#039;s (and akin to the SCOTUS&#039;s) fealty to political expediency and the highly political, not judicial, nature of that court.  
Disgraceful.
If things were truly that clear-cut, what about all the legal experts on the other side, bringing the challenge, or their suppoerters in academia?
Are they all ignorant fools?
Far from. 
The fact that not a single BVerfG justice dissents/dissented shows this to be just pplitical motivated, fostering the goal the ruling elite in Germany (and the EU) want.

Because you draw the compmarison to SCOTUS and Obamacare, the same thing is true with respect to Justice Roberts:  one of the most laughably contorted &quot;find-it-constitutional-at-all-costs&quot; decisions in recent history.
But at least, 4 Justices had the good grace not to kow-tow to expediency and dissenting.

(If you do not believe this whole argument, what else could rationally explain that in Germany about 97% of all cases heard by the BVG -- the Verwaltungs-one) are decided IN FAVOR of the state.  Only in a political subservient system is that possible!   Not a surprise seeing the highly political method of appointing justices to Germany&#039;s top courts, whether BGH, BVG, BVerfG, etc).

The West is on the same track and its not pretty.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;&#8230;.as is the custom of the German Federal Constitutional Court.&#8221;</p>
<p>Which is in and of itself a true demonstration of that court&#8217;s (and akin to the SCOTUS&#8217;s) fealty to political expediency and the highly political, not judicial, nature of that court.<br />
Disgraceful.<br />
If things were truly that clear-cut, what about all the legal experts on the other side, bringing the challenge, or their suppoerters in academia?<br />
Are they all ignorant fools?<br />
Far from.<br />
The fact that not a single BVerfG justice dissents/dissented shows this to be just pplitical motivated, fostering the goal the ruling elite in Germany (and the EU) want.</p>
<p>Because you draw the compmarison to SCOTUS and Obamacare, the same thing is true with respect to Justice Roberts:  one of the most laughably contorted &#8220;find-it-constitutional-at-all-costs&#8221; decisions in recent history.<br />
But at least, 4 Justices had the good grace not to kow-tow to expediency and dissenting.</p>
<p>(If you do not believe this whole argument, what else could rationally explain that in Germany about 97% of all cases heard by the BVG &#8212; the Verwaltungs-one) are decided IN FAVOR of the state.  Only in a political subservient system is that possible!   Not a surprise seeing the highly political method of appointing justices to Germany&#8217;s top courts, whether BGH, BVG, BVerfG, etc).</p>
<p>The West is on the same track and its not pretty.</p>
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