A citizen’s constitutional rights can hardly be infringed simply because a majority of the people choose that it be.

Earl Warren (1891-1974) American jurist and politician; Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (1953-69)
Lucas v. Colorado General Assembly, 377 U.S. 713, majority opinion (1964)

 
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