Constitutionality and Popularity
R. Alex Whitlock
Ralph Neas, the head of People for the American Way, made the following odd comment:
[Justice Rogers] believes we would be better off if we returned to a time when protections like the minimum wage, food safety standards, and Social Security and Medicare were ruled unconstitutional — never mind what voters and elected officials think.

Actually, what voters and elected officials think shouldn't matter and even Neas ought to agree with that. Or would he approve of the Constitutionality of, say, racial profiling or Guantanamo, if the people were to support it? In fact, quite a bit of the Constitution is devoted to the very porpose of neverminding what 50%+1 of the voters and elected officials think.

Very odd comment.
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