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In the US it would require a constitutional amendment that survives judicial review. You have better odds of winning the lottery twice in a row.

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What review can any part of the judiciary do of a constitutional amendment? Even if the amendment authors explicitly say "we're doing this to enrich ourselves and screw over everyone else", once it's part of the Constitution...isn't it a done deal?

There is one restriction on what amendments are valid, but nothing related to this discussion. No amendment can remove a state’s equal suffrage in the Senate without its consent. Otherwise, anything goes.

The judiciary can, of course, still review whether an amendment was validly proposed and ratified, and therefore whether or not it is in fact part of the constitution.

Thanks, that's an interesting restriction. Where does it come from?

  "The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer."

-- Henry Kissinger

Even under Marshal Law?

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