Reply #4: That's an awfully simplistic viewpoint. [View All]

[TheWraith]

You're assuming that 537 federal elected officials all neatly fall into the same grouping. The problem isn't willingness to enforce rights, it's getting a suitable coalition together, and for the right cause. Republicans, for instance, aren't going to support a bill based on restoring and expanding First or Fourth Amendment rights. Too many Dems wouldn't support the Second. Repubs and too many Dems wouldn't support gay rights under the 14th. WAY too many Dems wouldn't support decriminalizing drugs.

Each side has their own ideas of what constitutes rights, and only a few people are willing or able to see the big picture.