Mr Chavalit, himself a former military man, is said to have sounded out the army for help to defeat the draft document, but the army wisely demurred.Now that public determination has waned a little, the constitution's critics are trying to claw back some of the lost ground.
It's right there in those little pocket Constitutions so many of the candidates are fond of pulling out and waving around, particularly when trying to make points about why we need more guns or less government.
In outline the new draft differs little from the constitution that prevailed until the fall of Hosni Mubarak's regime.
So although in one recent poll 88% of Spaniards said they knew nothing or "very little" about the constitution, 56% also pronounced themselves in favour of it.
"An individual facing serious criminal charges brought by the United States has little but the Constitution and his attorney standing between him and prison.
Then it might sound a little more like "Constitution USA," a four-part nonfiction series that debuts Tuesday on PBS (KOCE locally) and hosted by NPR personality Peter Sagal, who on the news-quiz show "Wait Wait … Don't Tell Me!" has been practicing a kind of nerd-fun aesthetic for 15 years.
But Paul said Monday that calling for the president's impeachment was typical for him: "I just said almost every president I've known I'd probably have to vote for impeachment, because there's very little respect for the Constitution -- and certainly there's no respect for the Constitution for assassinating American citizens".
This does little honor to the Constitution itself or the country that continues to venerate it.
Once again, the constitution has little directly to do with this.
The constitution contains little reference to any deity, while the Declaration of Independence appeals to "Nature's God"—a formula that sounds more Deistic than Christian.
