• GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca
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    2 days ago

    The particular of the constitution that says you don’t have to follow the constitution is certainly part of the constitution. I wouldn’t say it makes using it constitutional, bit it certainly makes it clear that you don’t intend to follow the constitution. I honestly can’t think of many valid reasons to use the notwithstanding clause that aren’t to address existential threats to our nation or its people, or to trample their constitutiinal rights. I don’t think kids having to stay home for a week fits the first category…