What do you think the 1st Amendment "right to petition the court for a redress of grievances" entails, if not righting wrongs such as this?
"...a pure democracy, by which I mean a society consisting of a small number of citizens, who assemble and administer the government in person, can admit of no cure for the mischiefs of faction. A common passion or interest will, in almost every case, be felt by a majority of the whole; a communication and concert result from the form of government itself; and there is nothing to check the inducements to sacrifice the weaker party or an obnoxious individual...A republic, by which I mean a government in which the scheme of representation takes place, opens a different prospect, and promises the cure for which we are seeking." James Madison, Federalist Papers #10.
"The ignorant vulgar", wrote John Randolph, (signer of the Declaration) "are as unfit to judge of the modes, as they are unable to manage the reins, of government."
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Re: "For today, at least, we win. May it be so every day until the battle is over"
Date: 2010-08-05 03:11 am (UTC)"...a pure democracy, by which I mean a society consisting of a small number of citizens, who assemble and administer the government in person, can admit of no cure for the mischiefs of faction. A common passion or interest will, in almost every case, be felt by a majority of the whole; a communication and concert result from the form of government itself; and there is nothing to check the inducements to sacrifice the weaker party or an obnoxious individual...A republic, by which I mean a government in which the scheme of representation takes place, opens a different prospect, and promises the cure for which we are seeking." James Madison, Federalist Papers #10.
"The ignorant vulgar", wrote John Randolph, (signer of the Declaration) "are as unfit to judge of the modes, as they are unable to manage the reins, of government."
Re: "For today, at least, we win. May it be so every day until the battle is over"
Date: 2010-08-05 02:22 pm (UTC)