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ThinAirDesigns
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Message 39 of 103 (790468)
08-30-2016 4:35 PM
Reply to: Message 33 by Faith
08-30-2016 11:28 AM


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The Supreme Court also acted against laws passed by the people in many states, which to my mind is a horrific violation of democratic principles.
The US is not a democracy. It was intentionally not founded as one.
That the Supreme Court can act against laws passed by the people is EXACTLY how the founders wisely intended it.
JB
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ThinAirDesigns
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Message 45 of 103 (790487)
08-30-2016 7:51 PM
Reply to: Message 41 by Faith
08-30-2016 6:40 PM


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Read the Constitution. Majority rules.
Apparently you haven't read the Constitution for comprehension. It's NOT "majority rules". It has quite a variety of checks and balances against exactly that.
Wow.
JB

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ThinAirDesigns
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Message 57 of 103 (790514)
08-31-2016 2:57 AM
Reply to: Message 46 by Faith
08-30-2016 8:00 PM


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It's not that there was no intent to keep majority rule within bounds too ...
Oh, now I see you're conceding that the what you wrote below about the Constitution is wrong.
quote:
Read the Constitution. Majority rules.
Thanks
JB

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ThinAirDesigns
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Message 78 of 103 (790555)
08-31-2016 6:12 PM
Reply to: Message 64 by Faith
08-31-2016 10:34 AM


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When the law came down forcing it on the nation a majority did not accept it.
Just to make sure your nonsense above doesn't stand, here is the chart posted earlier with a big red arrow at the point when the Supreme Court "forced" the law on the nation.
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ThinAirDesigns
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Message 80 of 103 (790653)
09-02-2016 1:38 PM
Reply to: Message 79 by JonF
09-02-2016 8:06 AM


Yep -- Faith was just making stuff up.
JB

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