11 October, 2016
Posted by Socrates in America, America's founders, democracy, democracy in Athens, democrazy, history, History for newbies, PATRIOT Act, republic vs. democracy, republican government, Socrates, unconstitutional laws, USA PATRIOT Act at 3:55 pm |
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— An example of lawmaking in a constitutional Republic: “As liberal state legislators, we’d love to ban handguns. But we can’t, because the Second Amendment prohibits it. We can’t re-write the Constitution.” — An example of lawmaking in a mob-rule Democracy: “Screw the Second Amendment. We’re the state legislature. We’ll decide what the Constitution means […]
