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> Civil rights should never be left up to the whims of the public. That’s what the US constitution gets right. I don't see anything about the constitution that
by daveoc64 4y ago
> Civil rights should never be left up to the whims of the public. That’s what the US constitution gets right.
I don't see anything about the constitution that protects it against the whims of the public.
If a majority of the people in the US (and the people they elect) all agreed to change part of the constitution, that could happen.
- drdeca 4y agoIf a large majority did, yes, it could be changed. And obviously a piece of parchment cannot force people to do something if people unanimously decided to do otherwise. But preventing the whims of the just-barely-a-majority-of-those-who-voted from changing such an important thing, is important and useful.
- nostromo 4y agoNo, you need a supermajority of both houses and of the individual states. It’s very hard to do, which is by design.