"In doing so , you have just castrated the power of the court to protect the minority from the tyranny of the majority . By your response , the court 's decision must match the majority . And as already noted , it 's the MAJORITY THAT WANTS the discrimination in the first place ."
"Yes , that 's true . If the majority places discriminations in place and the Court is bound to enforce the law as written , then the Court is bound to enforce that discrimination . That is democracy , and that is the rule of law . If we choose to undermine that democracy , which we have done , we have to be very careful where that leads . What we end up with is less and less of a representative democracy . Who has the power at the end of it ? Certainly not `` the people `` ."
"you have just castrated the power of the court to protect the minority from the tyranny of the majority . By your response , the court 's decision must match the majority . it 's the MAJORITY THAT WANTS the discrimination in the first place ."
"Yes , that 's true . If the majority places discriminations in place and the Court is bound to enforce the law as written , then the Court is bound to enforce that discrimination . That is democracy , and that is the rule of law . If we choose to undermine that democracy , which we have done , we have to be very careful where that leads . ``"