The second question first. Suppose a simple representative majority passed a law that outlawed a particular religious faith. That’s basic democracy in action. And, suppose it represents the will of the majority. So, in one sense, a republic’s equal protection clause is anti-voter because all these people who would…

“we have a body called the Senate which gives two representatives to each state regardless of population, so that each citizen of Rhode Island and Wyoming is afforded many times the political power of citizens of New York and California.”

Except a republic has a feature that a democracy lacks — a charter that limits the scope and power of the system of government. When you describe a republic as a democracy, you are ignoring the distinction that the majority doesn’t always get it’s way; because it’s not supposed to.

A democracy is governance of a political group by the majority of members.

JFC...

Because not everybody will be in autonomous vehicles; so you’ve just turned yourself into a rolling chicane. The better answer is integration with V2I; where the traffic sign or school can tell vehicles — both autonomous and manually controlled, that school is or is not in session.

Oh, I’m not saying that’s not possible; but that’s really a district-to-district problem. For example, my kid’s school had Sept 12 off this year; but no other school in the metro Detroit area did. Now, if I didn’t have kids; would that calendar be in my information sphere? What if I didn’t live in the district,…

Speed limits are a lot harder than what’s in current electronic map databases. They don’t cover a lot of speed limit issues, including construction speed limit changes, local vs. express speed limit splits, speed limit changes for time, or changed speed limits after the map database was compiled.

Sure, gas demand will drive down oil demand; but that’s not the only thing crude is used for. So, I just have one word for you:

To ask an honest question... How do you see open shop laws as “vote disenfranchisement?” I just don’t see the connection.

I disagree that it would be a constitutional crisis. Remember, when you vote; you are voting for electors to the electoral college, not the person. Twenty-nine states have laws prohibiting faithless electors; but only two void the votes of faithless electors.

Timothy O’Brien thinks Trump wrote off a personal loan guarantee to his business. (Also, he’s seen Trump’s tax returns as discovery in a defamation suit that he won with a summary judgement.)

Is that a ... uh... marital aid attached to Horace’s hubcap?

I hate-listen to talk radio.

Obviously a gun was recovered at the scene. But you are asking the wrong question.

I hope when the pilots are releaded from medical care they get a sort of homecoming.

I, perhaps, wrote inartfully. I was specifically adressing the civil liberties argument that ‘the libertarians would be worse’.

Yes, it’s certainly a bit of a problem but the current Johnson position actually favors a certain level of intervention over religious association; to the consternation of hard-core libertarians.

“Your candidate wants to eliminate social security, medicare, and welfare programs. In the name of ‘freedom.’ There’s nothing remotely left-wing about harsher sentencing for non-violent crimes.”