26 Apr 2024 5:39 am
Exactly.
It bears repeating, because so few understand: Our republic elects its officials democratically, but also recognizes the sovereignty of each state and the sanctity of individual rights enshrined in the Constitution. We are not a “democracy.” And, no, the “majority” doesn’t rule. The Constitution does, and it’s hard to change it, by design.
The Electoral College was created as a buffer between the people and their government, specifically to prevent mob rule, which is what pure “democracy” ultimately becomes. The Constitution protects the rights of all, not just the mob that rules.
There’s an old joke, funny mostly because it’s so true: “Democracy is two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner.” If you’re not in the majority, you’re the sheep, and you are eaten.
Democrats feel a sense of urgency. One more term for the gerontocrat and his handlers (nearly all former Obama and Clinton retreads) now in the White House, and America’s far-left turn will be complete.
Remember, Donald Trump beat Hillary Clinton in 2016 in the Electoral College (304 Trump, 221 Clinton), but lost in the popular vote (46.1% Trump, 48.2% Clinton). He nearly did the same again running against Joe Biden in 2020.
Trump is the only person standing between the Democrats and the radical changes in America they seek: Forming an unrecognizably woke, equity-obsessed, and race-based society, with corporations and businesses tightly controlled by inept Washington bureaucrats.
Where does it all end? Ask anyone who ever lived in a “socialist” country with rigged national elections. It’s an invitation for voter fraud on a national scale, and power without end for an elite few in the name of “our democracy.”
With six of the seven major swing states now favoring Trump in the polls, the compact’s authors clearly hope to keep Trump from winning again. They likely won’t reach their goal this year, but might for 2028.
But there is some hope: The scheme is likely unconstitutional. As the Princeton Legal Journal recently argued, “This (compact) constitutes a violation of the Compact Clause, which states that ‘No State shall, without the Consent of Congress … enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State.'”
Even the Harvard Law Review, hardly a bastion of conservatism, argues against the legality of the compact.
So, more than likely, any deal that deprives people of their rights under the Constitution will be declared null and void by the Supreme Court.
That said, don’t think for a minute that mere unconstitutionality will stop the Democrats. If you’re in a state that has yet to join the other 17 in this deceptive compact, you should make it clear to your elected officials that you strongly object to it.
— Written by the I&I Editorial Board
It bears repeating, because so few understand: Our republic elects its officials democratically, but also recognizes the sovereignty of each state and the sanctity of individual rights enshrined in the Constitution. We are not a “democracy.” And, no, the “majority” doesn’t rule. The Constitution does, and it’s hard to change it, by design.
The Electoral College was created as a buffer between the people and their government, specifically to prevent mob rule, which is what pure “democracy” ultimately becomes. The Constitution protects the rights of all, not just the mob that rules.
There’s an old joke, funny mostly because it’s so true: “Democracy is two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner.” If you’re not in the majority, you’re the sheep, and you are eaten.
Democrats feel a sense of urgency. One more term for the gerontocrat and his handlers (nearly all former Obama and Clinton retreads) now in the White House, and America’s far-left turn will be complete.
Remember, Donald Trump beat Hillary Clinton in 2016 in the Electoral College (304 Trump, 221 Clinton), but lost in the popular vote (46.1% Trump, 48.2% Clinton). He nearly did the same again running against Joe Biden in 2020.
Trump is the only person standing between the Democrats and the radical changes in America they seek: Forming an unrecognizably woke, equity-obsessed, and race-based society, with corporations and businesses tightly controlled by inept Washington bureaucrats.
Where does it all end? Ask anyone who ever lived in a “socialist” country with rigged national elections. It’s an invitation for voter fraud on a national scale, and power without end for an elite few in the name of “our democracy.”
With six of the seven major swing states now favoring Trump in the polls, the compact’s authors clearly hope to keep Trump from winning again. They likely won’t reach their goal this year, but might for 2028.
But there is some hope: The scheme is likely unconstitutional. As the Princeton Legal Journal recently argued, “This (compact) constitutes a violation of the Compact Clause, which states that ‘No State shall, without the Consent of Congress … enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State.'”
Even the Harvard Law Review, hardly a bastion of conservatism, argues against the legality of the compact.
So, more than likely, any deal that deprives people of their rights under the Constitution will be declared null and void by the Supreme Court.
That said, don’t think for a minute that mere unconstitutionality will stop the Democrats. If you’re in a state that has yet to join the other 17 in this deceptive compact, you should make it clear to your elected officials that you strongly object to it.
— Written by the I&I Editorial Board