Tyranny of the majority

[okhela]

As flawed as the Constitution was when written, one must grant the genius
of the founders with the tripartite concept of governance. Although peopled
with individuals with the same biases and prejudices as generally held by the
founders, the judicial branch of government has slowly, and continues to
evolve, as the protector of innate rights never assumed by the founders.
Every so often, the spirit of the words of the Declaration of Independence,
rather than the political document, the Constitution, wins the day. I eagerly
await the California Proposition 8 fight to be heard by the Supreme Court. It
is again time for Americans to be confronted with the reality that a majority
vote doesn't validate the denial of the Human Rights referred to in the Declaration
of Independence. America has a long history of relegating to the opinion of
the majority the legitimacy of Human Rights claims. The Court has long been
complicit in that fallacious scheme. The Court MUST again confront the majority
with the reality that their opinion has no weight in determining the Human Rights
of others.