I read the front-page article about how the justices were under pressure from the public to change their vote on Roe v. Wade. The article also mentioned how Justice Alito was encouraging his fellow justices to stand firm and not be swayed by the public. How dreadful it might be if the laws of the land were approved by a majority of its citizens; why, that might just doom oligarchy, and this bunch don’t seem to want that to happen.
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Letter: Follow the will of the people
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