
Travis Smith — The Tyranny of Which Majority?
The Curious Task
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The Supreme Court Justices Aren't Going to Obey the Supreme Power, Right?
In a democratic society, especially in the American version of it, he says everything is dependent on the will of the people. And so, it's entirely possible and that even includes the Supreme Court. In the end, the Supreme Court justices are not going in a systematic fashion to defy the majority will of thePeople. They know that they'd be in trouble too, right. The problem is that the American government is wisely comprised of a bunch of competing elements that also need to go to the ballot box regularly.
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