Darren New wrote:
> 
>> That solution is imperfect, however, because the public will allow 
>> (encourage) our government to ignore its founding documents.
> 
> Or, as seen in California, vote for amendments anyway. You really can't 
> get around it.

I think it's a swinging pendulum. At the moment, the prevailing mindset 
is "tear down our entire system of government if you have to in order to 
pass this (then this, then this, then this, then this) piece of 
legislation" or "government excess, growth, and debt only matter if the 
controlling party have the wrong letter beside their names."

This is why discussion of what the majority might do with some newly 
granted authority is of less importance than discussion of whether the 
authority should be granted at all. No matter how well intentioned a 
piece of legislation, due to the lawlessness you have mentioned, there 
is no control over what the majority, having been granted additional 
dominion over the minority, will do with that dominion. Isn't this the 
argument against the Patriot Act? The Cybersecurity Act?

Given the popularity ratings of both major parties, I think the 
pendulum's arc towards lawlessness may be slowing. Sorry, guys.

  -Shay

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