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Originally Posted by dksuddeth
If the government passed a law that violated the constitution and the SC cleared it, even though it is an egregious violation of the constitution, like kelo vs. new london, nobody is going to do anything about it. The only time I see any large group of people 'firing back', is when something finally affects a large enough group of people. Thats pretty damn sad.
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The tyranny of the majority is nothing new in the US or the rest of the world for that matter. Just ask the Pilgrims, who were so far-right Christian conservative that they got kicked out of England.
I agree that it's pretty unlikely to see any sort of armed uprising over a budget bill, but the precident is troublesome. Personally, I hope that SCOTUS makes them go back and do it right. It's only a minor clericial error in the document, but in the greater sceme of things, it's not very minor.