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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kevin Rose who wrote (544116)	2/23/2004 12:06:25 PM
From: SecularBull	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

As I said, though, much of our law is based on majority rule. True, the courts have oversight on this, but as long as courts stay away from legislating from the bench, we should be fine. ~SB~

To: Kevin Rose who wrote (544116)	2/23/2004 12:06:56 PM
From: redfish	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

"But, it is wrong to say that white people 'granted' black people these rights." How can you say otherwise? Congress did not have to vote in favor of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and absent that act, black people would not enjoy many of the rights they possess. There is no question that these rights were granted to black people by Congress, and that they are not rights granted by the Constitution. They are rights granted by the electorate, and at the time the electorate consisted primarily of white people, and Congress consisted exclusively of white people.