I heard on some conspiracy theory movie, forgot the name. That this country was not supposed to be a democracy. The guy quoted Benjamin Franklin as saying that a democracy is the most filthy form of government there is. This country was supposed to be a constitutional republic. In a democracy the rights of the majority override the rights of a few. I.E. Smoking laws (only ex. I could think of. I actually like smoking laws
). In a constitutional republic nobody's rights override each other. Ex: If the majority of citizens wanted to outlaw weed they couldn't b/c there's no authority given for that in the constitution...I don't know if any of this is true but it makes a lot of sense.