Pure democracy is simply untrammeled majoritarianism.

Will we get better outcomes if ordinary people have less influence on public policy?

Thankfully, the Founders understood history.

Individual rights versus majoritarianism.

Thomas Sowell, George Will, and Walter Williams have all explained that the Constitution imposes strict limits on the powers of the federal government. This means, for all intents and purposes, that it is a somewhat anti-democratic document. And by anti-democratic, I mean the Constitution puts restrictions on democracy (not restrictions on the Democratic Party, though […]