Both James Madison and Ruth Bader Ginsburg had advice about majorities violating the golden rule.
By the Monitor’s Editorial Board
During the making of the U.S. Constitution, James Madison warned against “the superior force of an interested and overbearing majority.” Centuries later, when Ruth Bader Ginsburg was asked what she saw as threats to the rule of law, she replied, “The problems of indifference, of tribal-like loyalties, lack of observance of the golden rule, ‘Do unto others.’”
Now, with Republicans controlling both the Senate and White House and Democrats assuming they will gain majority rule after the election, each side is claiming the other is ignoring their party’s interests or making moves that set dangerous precedents. Read HERE.