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Originally Posted by Halanna
Umm. No.
Historically:
The purpose of a constitution of a country or state is to protect the commitment of freedom under the accepted rules of law.
Generally, the accepted rules of law project that people are governed by accepted rules, as opposed to the arbitrary whims or decisions of the those who rule.
The main purpose of a constitution is to provide the government of those people the ability to protect the lives and liberties of ALL the people under that rule without violating the rights of some to provide gains for others.
Constitutions have absolutely nothing to do with minority/majority.
Read Articles I-IV of the Constitution, it deals with nothing but the branches of government and how to balance. It is all about balance of what the people want. It's simple. It's not a minority/majority conflict.
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This is just about absolutely correct. I would add, however, that at least the US Constitution is set up to protect the minority from the majority, in that it takes such a huge amount of people and majority of states to amend the constitution. Back in the day, at least, when additional government power was considered needed, they would have to amend it, nowadays, all one needs to do is show a greater government interest, pass a law, and have the courts rubber stamp it.
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Originally Posted by drag0nmanes
Exactly, now leave my state and don't come back. There's nothing ya'll want here anymore...  |
not sure about that anymore. If Cali would like to make some extra coinage, i'm sure a bunch of us here in TX wouldn't mind buying up some of that state park land that y'all are getting ready to close.