Re: Deaf as a post, ain'tcha?
The article is behind a pay wall for me, but on the off chance that you're a subscriber to the New Republic, Ron Radosh has a response.
Do you think we should be able to vote to legalize slavery by majority rule? Why or why not? What societal mechanism would be required to restrain things like this?
There are some things the State should not be able to do, some laws that should not be passed, no matter how many people vote for them. The Constitution was engineered as a philosophically-based restraining order on the power of the state.
This does not sit well with people who think there should be nothing beyond the power of the state.