Reply #12: a couple of small points [View All]

[m berst]

The people running the administration are not only opposed to democracy, and representative democracy is but one component of the ingenious system that the Constitution expresses. The Republican leadership is going after the judiciary next.

The point about the Bill of Rights is that our system puts some things out of the immediate reach of democracy, and for good reason. If more than half of the people wanted to strip the Constitutional protections for a minority and deprive them of their citizenship, should the will of the majority be allowed to prevail in that case?

The Bill of Rights protects the individual and minorities from the tyranny of the majority.

If they were able to do so, a majority of the voters could well decide tomorrow that homosexuality is a capital crime, or that we ought to nuke Iraq. Not a good idea.

Otherwise, great posts!



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