“In a republican nation, whose citizens are to be led by reason and persuasion and not by force, the art of reasoning becomes of first importance” Thomas Jefferson, letter to David Harding, April 20, 1824 https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/98-01-02-4206
The right to vote, essential to a well-functioning democracy, is the most enshrined right in the Constitution and is protected by five separate Amendments.
However there is no constitutional guarantee of the right to vote. Qualifications to vote in House and Senate elections are decided by each state, and the Supreme Court affirmed in Bush v. Gore that “[t]he individual citizen has no federal constitutional right to vote for electors for the President of the United States.”
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“In a republican nation, whose citizens are to be led by reason and persuasion and not by force, the art of reasoning becomes of first importance” Thomas Jefferson, letter to David Harding, April 20, 1824 https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/98-01-02-4206
I have never heard it either and he said it like was reading the weather. Not even a hint of inflection. That was brilliant.
The right to vote, essential to a well-functioning democracy, is the most enshrined right in the Constitution and is protected by five separate Amendments.
However there is no constitutional guarantee of the right to vote. Qualifications to vote in House and Senate elections are decided by each state, and the Supreme Court affirmed in Bush v. Gore that “[t]he individual citizen has no federal constitutional right to vote for electors for the President of the United States.”
“America Is Living James Madison’s Nightmare : The Founders designed a government that would resist mob rule. They didn’t anticipate how strong the mob could become.” https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/10/james-madison-mob-rule/568351/
“The best lack all conviction, while the worst / Are full of passionate intensity.”
https://news.yahoo.com/redneck-rave-descends-throat-slashing-033349725.html
Is America a democracy? If so, why does it deny millions the vote? https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/nov/07/is-america-a-democracy-if-so-why-does-it-deny-millions-the-vote