The Tyranny that is the Majority

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Is the rule of the majority the rule of law?  How easy would it be for the majority to overturn an existing law via an amendment? Are the rules of the new majority that is inconsistent with the existing law superior to the latter? Why does the system allows amendment of the laws by the current majority without scrutiny and approval by the court? What are the safeguards to prevent subjectivity in amending the existing laws viz a viz the constitutional limitations?

 The rule of law should promote order and genuine justice which may only be achieve when that law was enacted in a vacuum. That is, free of individual motive, moral biases, emotions and lies. But the latter are men's inherent characteristics. The same men who made up the majority that creates the rule that is the law. How can it be possible then to achieve a vacuum wherein a just law may be enacted? If it is not possible, then all laws made by men are tainted with biases, emotions, lies and personal motives. If this is so, then the laws does not conform to the true concept of what is just for all men. If the law of men is short of being just, then what is? Is there an alternative towards authentic justice? Religion you may say? But is it not, that the writers of religious text that is the foundation of each faith were also men? Some may say not all of them, but which one? Who among us men has lived since memory, and were gifted to have an exceptional wisdom to distinguish... again without biases, the truth and falsity in the literature of faith?

My friend will you believe me if I tell you that law is not justice. However, it is the closest you can get to justice.

It was said that the voice of the people is the voice of GOD (Vox Populi, Vox Dei), and when you hear the thunderous cacophony of their voices, you should set aside all your laws and listen, because there lies the call for true justice and all you have to do is yield.

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