The absence of a court’s power to interpret rights.

The availability of less restrictive means.

The applicant’s inability to be a natural person.

The rule that assembly is never subject to limitation.

Foreign judgments automatically override the Constitution.

Section 39 of the Bill of Rights prohibits all comparative reasoning.

Foreign law may be used only to determine court fees.

Foreign law is persuasive, not binding, and must be assessed against South African constitutional values and context.

The court must assume every infringement is justified.

The respondent bears the burden of establishing the claimant’s standing.

The state must justify the limitation after the applicant establishes infringement.

The applicant must prove that no conceivable justification exists.

Prefer the sustainable interpretation without unnecessarily deciding direct invalidity.

Refuse to hear all cases involving legislation.

Treat constitutional rights as irrelevant to interpretation.

Immediately strike down the entire statute without interpretation.