tyranny of the majority
noun phrase
: a situation in which a group of people are treated unfairly because their situation is different from the situation of most of the people in a democratic country
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Listen to this article America is a constitutional republic, not a democracy, for a very good reason: to prevent the potential tyranny of the majority.
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Letters To The Editor, Orange County Register, 14 Oct. 2024
This inevitably leads to the tyranny of the majority, which now and after November will be a razor-thin majority dictating policies on all Americans.
—Stephen Moore, Orange County Register, 6 Oct. 2024
The founders were concerned about the tyranny of the majority.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2024
The filibuster serves as a crucial safeguard against the tyranny of the majority, ensuring that legislation undergoes thorough debate and consideration before enactment.
—Baltimore Sun Media, Baltimore Sun, 11 Apr. 2024
Soon, these originalists set about corroding the constitutional edifice the good court had built to protect the vulnerable from the tyranny of the majority.
—Ian MacDougall, Harper's Magazine, 12 Sep. 2022
Critics becomes enemies, constitutional constraints become obstacles to democracy, and the tyranny of the majority becomes a virtue, not a vice.
—Daniel W. Drezner, Foreign Affairs, 13 Apr. 2020
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Letters To The Editor, Orange County Register, 14 Oct. 2024
This inevitably leads to the tyranny of the majority, which now and after November will be a razor-thin majority dictating policies on all Americans.
—Stephen Moore, Orange County Register, 6 Oct. 2024
The founders were concerned about the tyranny of the majority.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2024
The filibuster serves as a crucial safeguard against the tyranny of the majority, ensuring that legislation undergoes thorough debate and consideration before enactment.
—Baltimore Sun Media, Baltimore Sun, 11 Apr. 2024
Soon, these originalists set about corroding the constitutional edifice the good court had built to protect the vulnerable from the tyranny of the majority.
—Ian MacDougall, Harper's Magazine, 12 Sep. 2022
Critics becomes enemies, constitutional constraints become obstacles to democracy, and the tyranny of the majority becomes a virtue, not a vice.
—Daniel W. Drezner, Foreign Affairs, 13 Apr. 2020
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