OPINION:
Individualism means freedom for individuals (“The only thing Americans don’t seem to want more of is government,” web, July 7).
Having just celebrated its 248th birthday, America is the oldest among the 193 countries recognized in the United Nations. It is the only government on Earth created specifically to protect the unalienable rights of individuals, as emphasized in our Constitution’s 10th and 14th amendments. It protects a minority against the tyranny of a majority possible under every version of socialism, as James Madison pointed out in both Federalist 10 and Federalist 51. That is the essence of a republic, and what sets it apart from a democracy.
The Constitution’s Article 3 does not grant the Supreme Court the power to neuter unalienable rights by simple majority vote until nullified. All other federal courts are inferior, and Congress has complete power over them to protect unalienable rights, including possibly even removing from their jurisdiction the cases dealing with unalienable rights.
These are facts worth remembering when voters select candidates to represent them in governments. Will you vote to preserve the dream of the founders and patriots, and protect the unalienable rights of individuals? Or will you vote for power-hungry totalitarians who will treat us all like serfs?
JOE BOYETT
Montgomery, Alabama
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