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The voters ‘could’ also move to amend the Federal Constitution and bring back slavery.
Would you support such a thing?
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"This is true even if the voters are wrong." (eight posts ago)
If the voters want to bring back slavery, for some insane reason, then slavery will have to be brought back, or the government will not be representational. A just government derives its power from the will of the governed. If the people demand slavery in enough numbers, and their current government doesn't agree, the government will be overthrown to achieve it.
Community standards are almost certainly wrong about other things right now. We may be wrong about things we don't know about. Who knows what will seem like overarching government in 50 years, 100 years? Many things that seemed like very obvious truths back then, seem ridiculous, even horrible now.