Richardcyoung.com

The Online Home of Author and Investor, Dick Young

  • Home
  • Debbie Young
  • Jimmy Buffett
  • Key West
  • Your Survival Guy
  • How We Are Different
  • Paris
  • About Us
    • Foundation Principles
    • Contributors
  • Investing
    • You’ve Read The Last Issue of Intelligence Report, Now What?
  • The Great Reset
  • The Swiss Way
  • My Rifles
  • Dividends and Compounding
  • Your Security
  • Dick Young
  • Dick’s R&B Top 100
  • Liberty & Freedom Map
  • Bank Credit & Money
  • Your Survival Guy’s Super States
  • NNT & Cholesterol
  • Your Health
  • Ron Paul
  • US Treasury Yield Curve: My Favorite Investor Tool
  • Anti-Gun Control
  • Anti-Digital Currency
  • Joel Salatin and Alfie Oakes
  • World Gold Mine Production
  • Fidelity and Vanguard Since 1971

The United States—a Republic, Not a Democracy

April 4, 2017 By Debbie Young

For many, the stakes for the nomination of Neil Gorsuch are pretty high, especially in that, at 49 years of age, it is not impossible to imagine Mr. Gorsuch sitting on the Supreme Court for decades. Furthermore, Gorsuch’s nomination represents decades of increasing polarization in D.C., not just in the judiciary, but also politics in general.

It would be easy to blame President Trump’s unpopularity among Democrats as the sole reason for Gorsuch’s contentious nomination process, but, as anyone paying even a modicum of attention knows, our political system has been headed this way for a long time. Despite Mr. Gorsuch’s experience, expertise and temperament, many Democrats would rather vote no than be thought of as too supportive of Donald Trump.

Here is a “primer” from our friend Bob Levy of the Cato Institute on the nuclear option and the unexpected gift that Harry Reid and fellow Democrats handed to the GOP.

The gripe against the filibuster is that it’s undemocratic because it stifles majority rule.  That misses the point.  We are a republic, not a democracy, and our Constitution is intentionally undemocratic.  The Framers were concerned about tyranny by the majority.  Recent majorities, on both sides of the aisle, have proven that those concerns are justified.  Majority parties have killed bills in committee, refused floor votes, and blocked amendments – essentially denying the minority any meaningful role.  The filibuster is a partial counterweight to those problems.

Furthermore, the Framers wrote a Constitution replete with protections that limit majority rule.  To name just a few: we have limited and enumerated federal powers, two senators from each state, the electoral college, and the Bill of Rights.  And note that the Constitution requires a 2/3 vote to propose constitutional amendments, override vetoes, approve treaties, impeach the president, and expel a congressman.  The filibuster’s supermajority requirement may be undemocratic, but that’s precisely why we have it.

Read more from Robert A. Levy here.

Robert A. Levy discusses Neil Gorsuch’s confirmation hearing and the filibuster on The Bob Harden Show

If you’re willing to fight for Main Street America, click here to sign up for the Richardcyoung.com free weekly email.

Related Posts

  • The Second Vermont Republic
  • Neil Gorsuch—Next Supreme Court Justice
  • Trump and the Supreme Court
  • Author
  • Recent Posts
Debbie Young
Debbie, editor-in-chief of Richardcyoung.com, has been associate editor of Dick Young’s investment strategy reports for over five decades. When not in Key West, Debbie spends her free time researching and writing in and about Paris and Burgundy, France, cooking on her AGA Cooker, driving her Porsche Boxter S through Vermont and Maine, and practicing yoga.
Latest posts by Debbie Young (see all)
  • Lack of Demand for EVs - December 8, 2023
  • A Thin Line Between Civilization and Barbarity - December 7, 2023
  • The Viability Snag in EVs - December 6, 2023

Dick Young’s Must Reads

  • “I Need Preservation of Principal and Growth”
  • The Masters of the Universe Align Themselves with CHINA Using YOUR Money?
  • California’s Progressive Liberals Have Created a Monster
  • Is It All Coming Apart in the Government’s Face?
  • Your Survival Guy Prefers Bombardier’s Global Express 7500
  • Why You Miss <em>Richard C. Young’s Monster Master List</em>
  • Are You Looking for Investment Counsel? 2 Questions
  • ACTRESS: “Liberal Politicians Are Ruining Cities”
  • Americans Fleeing High Tax States for Growth Corridors
  • What’s John Kerry Doing in Mexico?

Compensation was paid to utilize rankings. Click here to read full disclosure.

RSS Youngresearch.com

  • Wellesley Fund: “Balanced Investing Is Dead” (Please Stop)
  • Investing Habits of the Fairly Wealthy: #2 Coach
  • Digital Dollars: A Warning Where You’re the Prey
  • Panama Canal Traffic Jam Could Soon Affect Global Energy Markets
  • Signs the Job Market Is Weakening
  • Don’t Make Moves You Might Regret
  • Ruling: Major Egg Producers Conspired to Drive Up Prices
  • Can China Save Itself from a Debt Collapse?
  • Companies Scoop up Truck Terminals at Yellow’s Bankruptcy Auction
  • Your Key to Retirement Wealth

RSS Yoursurvivalguy.com

  • Wellesley Fund: “Balanced Investing Is Dead” (Please Stop)
  • Do You Have a Plan to Protect Your Personal Data?
  • DIRTY JOBS: America Needs Mining Engineers
  • Investing Habits of the Fairly Wealthy: #2 Coach
  • Have All of New Jersey’s Workers Already Moved to Florida?
  • Georgia Accelerates Implementation of Its Flat Tax Plan
  • Digital Dollars: A Warning Where You’re the Prey
  • You Can See Where Big Government Is Headed
  • You Can’t Escape a Digital Dollar
  • Don’t Make Moves You Might Regret

US Treasury Yield Curve: My Favorite Investor Tool

Five Year Treasury Yield

“The Economy Is Buried Under Trillions in Debt”

Lack of Demand for EVs

Wellesley Fund: “Balanced Investing Is Dead” (Please Stop)

Biden Border Crisis Is a National Security Threat

Copyright © 2023 | Terms & Conditions | About Us | Dick Young | Archives