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To: donh
In this realm, you are not free to legislate as you damn well please just because you are a majority, unless you are overly fond of anarchy or tyranny

As a matter of fact, if I have a sufficiently large majority (a Constitutional majority), I can change every word in the Constitution and the Amendments, including, as an example, establishing a national religion. All it requires is 2/3's of each house of Congress, and 3/4's of the state legislatures.

261 posted on 09/12/2002 1:33:46 PM PDT by Lucius Cornelius Sulla
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To: Lucius Cornelius Sulla
In this realm, you are not free to legislate as you damn well please just because you are a majority, unless you are overly fond of anarchy or tyranny

As a matter of fact, if I have a sufficiently large majority (a Constitutional majority), I can change every word in the Constitution and the Amendments, including, as an example, establishing a national religion. All it requires is 2/3's of each house of Congress, and 3/4's of the state legislatures.

Indeed you could--if you are overly fond of anarcy and tyranny. It is very tough on people to have to re-establish a basis for the common law, and it is rare to get it right. that's what's so insanely great about our Constitution and Bill of Rights. Useless as they are now, they served us well for 250 years--longer than the Roman Republic lasted, longer than the reign of any benign monarch. A triumph in a realm where punting and going belly-up is the common expectation.

270 posted on 09/12/2002 2:14:02 PM PDT by donh
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