And if the First Amendment is dead, can we honestly claim to be a democratic republic any more?"
Borders? We ain't got no STEENKING BORDERS!
Democracy? We ain't got no STEENKING DEMOCRACY!
(Democracy has been replaced with "another" option.)
"The question is or at least ought to be, how can such a small, godless, minority have such influence over our courts and legislative processes?"
Answer:
U.S. Supreme Court, 2003 - The Oligarchy*
(All Your Sovereignty Are Belong To Us!)
Back Row (left to right): Ginsburg, Souter, Thomas, Breyer
Front Row (left to right): Scalia, Stevens, Rehnquist, O'Connor, Kennedy
Pronunciation: 'ä-l&-"gär-kE, 'O-
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural -chies
Date: 1542
1 : government by the few
2 : a government in which a small group exercises control especially for corrupt and selfish purposes; also : a group exercising such control
3 : an organization under oligarchic control
sov•er•eign•ty
Variant(s): also sov•ran•ty /-tE/
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural -ties
Etymology: Middle English soverainte, from Middle French soveraineté, from Old French, from soverain
Date: 14th century
1 obsolete : supreme excellence or an example of it
2 a : supreme power especially over a body politic b : freedom from external control : AUTONOMY c : controlling influence
3 : one that is SOVEREIGN; especially : an autonomous state
