One Judge vs 7 million votes

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by Zachstar

When a survey was made about integration of African Americans into a single non-segregated system in the late 40s. The VAST VAST VAST Majority of GIs polled said it was wrong.

If the Civil Rights laws depended on a vote we might have still been segregated today.

The rights of people can't come up for a vote.

Who then determines what are the rights of the people?

[Zachstar]

Sadly the courts have had to be depended on time and time again to establish the rights of people. From Roe vs Wade to Brown vs Board etc...

What I worry about tho is if the Supreme Court will refuse to hear the case because it is such a hot topic. Idiot prop 8 supporters think the Supreme court will hand them an easy victory. But what they don't seem to get is that if they rule a right... It is VERY hard to get them to revisit that ruling... That is why abortion hasnt been touched much in the past few decades.

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Who then determines what are the rights of the people?

You have the inherent right to do anything you want, except deny that same right to others. Anything else is legislating morality.