Originally Posted by Botnst

Yes. That is why we have representative democracy, to moderate the mob and make deliberated decisions. But even so, a bill passed by congress and signed into law has no special virtue because of that. It can still be dead wrong and I'll bet a moment's reflection will result in your agreement. Shall we list what we believe to be ill-considered acts of Congress? I'm willing to bet we could, between us, make a list of at least a couple of dozen and not even make it back to the 19th century.

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