I'm pretty sure the Supreme Court does as they did today...baldeagle wrote:So we should ignore the will of the people? Who gets to decide when they're wrong?cb1000rider wrote:Prior to 1965, there were many places in the USA where African Americans were not allowed to vote due to the will of the majority.baldeagle wrote:By refusing to rule on the California amendment banning gay marriage, the Supreme Court has effectively said that government officials, by fiat, can chose to ignore the will of the people and refuse to defend a Constitutional amendment passed by the people.
Prior to that, it was the will of the people that African Americans couldn't own property.
Prior to that, African Americans WERE property.
Women couldn't vote until 1920.
Clearly, we can't depend on the will of the people to make fair decisions. History teaches us over and over that an unprotected minority gets treated unfairly.
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- Wed Jun 26, 2013 1:24 pm
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