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  1. modelcitizen.substack.com

    This Dispatch piece by Jonah Goldberg is extremely useful in illustrating the centrality of anti-majoritarianism on the right. Jonah has been a consistent critic of Trump and the GOP's loony, violent, authoritarian turn. However, even the most reasonable, principled, philosophical conservatives tend to be wary of majoritarian democracy, as Jonah illustrates in his case against what he calls ...
  2. democraticunderground.com

    Will Wilkinson: The Anti-Majoritarian Mistake Link to tweet ... Moreover, I suspect that neither the Trump presidency nor the GOP's authoritarian, illiberal, anti-democratic turn would have come to pass if not for the fact that most conservatives were already convinced that democracy is at best an incidental, instrumental aspect of a free ...
  3. en.wikipedia.org

    The counter-majoritarian difficulty (sometimes counter-majoritarian dilemma) is a perceived problem with judicial review of legislative (or popularly-created) laws. As the term suggests, some oppose or see a problem with the judicial branch's ability to invalidate, overrule, or countermand laws that reflect the will of the majority.. The counter-majoritarian difficulty is often raised in ...
  4. law.cornell.edu

    The problem posed by an unelected Supreme Court holding Congress's laws to be unconstitutional and void has been described as the "counter-majoritarian difficulty." 3 Footnote Alexander M. Bickel, The Least Dangerous Branch: The Supreme Court at the Bar of Politics 16-23 (1962). Bickel noted: W]hen the Supreme Court declares ...
  5. modelcitizen.substack.com

    Guests discuss how they've arrived at their conclusions, mistakes they've made, people and methods they trust and distrust, and how they've changed their minds. Hosted by WILL WILKINSON, Vice President for Research at the Niskanen Center and a New York Times contributing opinion writer. ... The Anti-Majoritarian Mistake (Subscriber Audio)
  6. thefulcrum.us

    Jan 30, 2024Legislative demigods, with axes to grind or personal ideologies to promote, are empowered to block majoritarian legislation and thereby frustrate majority rule. The Electoral College. A historical artifact, it is opposed by nearly 60 percent of Americans because it permits the election of presidents who have lost — often by huge margins ...

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