Reply #10: you can have friction and roadblocks without minority rule

[ulTRAX]

You can have friction and roadblocks WITHOUT risking minority rule. Why is this SO difficult for intelligent people to understand?

So say we reformed the amendment process... how can it prevent a super-super minority from obstructing it while not giving into popular passion?

It's not that hard to devise a system to accomplish both. The ratification process can require 66% of the nation's popular vote over 2 election cycles. How about 50% of the voting age population? Routinely 50% of citizens sit out elections. Is not the base of moral legitimacy a percentage of the citizenry not just those who vote? Maybe we need incentives to drive up our pathetic voting numbers.

Common, you can be creative if you just strip off the blinders of historical apologetics.