December 17, 20198 min read, 1611 words
Published: December 17, 2019 | 8 min read, 1611 words
In his book "Liberty in Peril," Randall Holcombe challenges the presumption that liberty and democracy are complementary.When I took history and government in school, many critical issues were misrepresented, given short shrift, or even ignored entirely. And those lacunae undermi...
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August 13, 2020
Has encouraged me to read the book. I do not think our founding Fathers wanted a simple majority to rule a large minority. And example of this would be the filibuster rules which allow a significant majority to slow down consideration of legislation if only a simple majority exists. The rules require a “Super majority” in order to overcome the objections of a large enough minority. This requires compromise and is exactly what the founding fathers were seeking.
August 13, 2020