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It does not necessarily "represent the will of the minority" but it is expressly designed to protect the rights of the minority from the will of the majority. The term "tyranny of the majority" gets used and even despite the Constitution sadly there are plenty of examples in US history (think...

Interesting to see a conservative argument for simple majority rule. Seems like our entire Constitutional Republic was designed for something very different.

I have been able to spend time in 35 or so countries, driving in over a dozen of those. English is not the official or predominant language in many and my foreign language skills (Korean and Swahili) are not widely used. I certainly appreciate signs and other official information being...

Anything that shows you care. A phone call, text anything. I am sure most here remember the mass shooting in Grantsville a couple years ago- we knew the family well. Simply reaching out to the dad (who I knew the least of the family) and the son who survived is all we could do but it seemed...

The America "melting pot" analogy is an interesting one, and probably largely a myth as many immigration and racial boundaries have been in place since our founding. Some seem to think that to be "American" we all must be the same- speak the same, act the same, think the same. That is the...

You don't think that the America you see and love is a product of immigration changing the culture? Keep that in mind with every pizza, taco or gyro you eat. Those were not introduced into the American diet by the pilgrims or pioneers.

Being pro-immigration is absolutely not the same thing as pro-"globalization " Throughout our history there has been a fear among some that immigrants who were seen as different in anyway would change the country, make it less "America." That lead to strong anti-immigration sentiment against...

I disagree with your assessment with immigration reform is immaterial without full border security. The two issues are really two ends of the same rope. If most who are immigrating are given a legal route to do so, illegal crossing automatically decrease by an equal amount (and addresses the...

I say that your comment that you either "favor secure borders or don't" is wrong because (as is very often the case in the world of politics) people on different sides of policy debates very often have the same goal in mind just different views as to how to accomplish it. With the border, one...

A terribly run program for sure, but does not mean that gun laws in general are or are not being enforced against illegal immigrants. But there is no question that better enforcement of gun laws in general is needed, not simply creating new laws. Agree with you 100% there.

An absurd simplification that is simply wrong. There goal can be the same but with different ways of getting there. My point all along has been that the only real solution to illegal immigration (and yes, that term applies) is to make legal immigration and realistic and viable option. I...

Crime rates are population based, the ones I linked to was convictions per 100,000 population. You take the lower crime rate and the smaller population and it shows clearly that the risks of violent crime by illegal immigrants is overblown by those using immigration as a political tool. I...

Are you trying to detere crime or immigration? If crime, why not make mandatory life sentences for all felonies the rule for citizens as well?

I really struggle reconciling in my brain your positions on immigration v gun control. Back to your earlier question about how I would feel if a family member was the victim of a serious violent crime, statistically that crime is more likely to involve a gun the government failed to keep out...

If my child or family is a victim of violent crime, the immigration status of the offender is not likely to be my biggest concern. And life imprisonment for all felony convictions is absurd, both from a "cruel and unusual punishment " Constitutional standard and a ridiculous drain on the...

"The results are similar to our other work on illegal immigration and crime in Texas. In 2018, the illegal immigrant criminal conviction rate was 782 per 100,000 illegal immigrants, 535 per 100,000 legal immigrants, and 1,422 per 100,000 native‐born Americans"...

Courts have already ruled that STATES can leave candidates off the ballot who do not met the constitutional standard to server as president. Obviously that aspect of the 14th Amendment has not had to be considered before, but age and citizenship status has been ruled on in the favor of states...

You will note that I did not attempt address that at all in my post, instead stating that in my opinion that is what SCOTUS needs to do. I love (sarcastic) argument of just leave the country.... The cost to tax payers I addressed repeated in this thread- allow immigrants to get work permits...

To stir another pot, I will share my thoughts in the oral arguments before SCOTUS on barring Trump from the Colorado ballot based on the 14th Amendment. I found the line of thinking by Justice Kavanaugh the most bothersome. While I can see the court wanting to avoid deciding who can be...

I would love to see this be the nudge Democrats need to have them support a candidate other than Biden but don't see that happening.