The Supreme Court itself has crippled freedom, writing laws by 5-4 votes of unelected Supreme Court justices who have lifetime tenure. That was a huge mistake by the Founders, who probably thought generations of Americans would never allow such a thing to happen (though Jefferson warned against a dictatorial Court). They underestimated what a nation of placid cows we have become, standing behind fences while the federal government milks us dry.
The Supreme Court itself has crippled freedom, writing laws by 5-4 votes of unelected Supreme Court justices who have lifetime tenure.
It takes a unanimous decision to convict a man. Why not a unanimous decision to determine if a law is Constitutional. Where there is a dissenting opinion, there is doubt.
What happens when five of the nine believe that cannibalism, polygamy, bestiality,theft, murder, Shariah Law, wife beating, or any other activity considered immoral by most of our population is legal?