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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Soon, these originalists set about corroding the constitutional edifice the good court had built to protect the vulnerable from the tyranny of the majority.
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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
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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