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The Majoritarian.Let the people decide.

You trust elected officials and voters over judges on the questions that divide the country. Courts should step in only when a law plainly breaks the Constitution, and otherwise leave the arguing to democracy.

Take the compassSee how you’d rule

Where you stand. On all five axes.

Reading the Constitution

Balanced

States and the nation

Balanced

The presidency

Balanced

Liberty and order

Balanced

The courts

Strongly judicial restraint
Original meaningLiving documentNational governmentStatesThe MadisonianThe Originalist SentinelThe Federalist StewardThe Constitutional LibertarianThe Civil Liberties ChampionThe Living ConstitutionalistThe National BuilderThe Strong but Fair ExecutiveThe Guardian of OrderThe Pragmatic Centrist
The Majoritarian (filled) among the other 10. Hover a dot for its name.

The Majoritarian

“Ballots, not briefs.”

  • The courtsStrongly judicial restraint
  • Liberty and orderBalanced
  • The presidencyBalanced

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Your profile card. What you’d share.

Take the compass and your own card shows your scores on every axis. Copy the link to your result and anyone who opens it sees the same picture.

Where you’re strong

  • Keeps hard choices with the people accountable for them
  • Humble about what judges can know

Where you’re tested

  • Majorities have overridden minorities before
  • Deference can mean rights go unenforced

Your docket. How you’d likely rule.

Six hypothetical cases, decided from where The Majoritarian stands on each one’s axis. Hypothetical on purpose: no real judge’s record is implied.

DocketThe Majoritarian
  1. No. 01State v. Federal MandateA governor refuses to carry out a new federal program inside the state.States and the nationWeighs the facts; could go either way.
  2. No. 02In re AirstrikesThe President orders sustained airstrikes abroad without asking Congress.The presidencyWeighs the facts; could go either way.
  3. No. 03City v. Rally OrganizersA city bans a peaceful rally whose message most residents find hateful.Liberty and orderWeighs the facts; could go either way.
  4. No. 04Challengers v. Popular StatuteA law passed by a wide margin is challenged as unconstitutional.The courtsDefers to the legislature unless the violation is plain.
  5. No. 05Petitioner v. Unnamed RightA court is asked to recognize a right the text never names.Reading the ConstitutionWeighs the facts; could go either way.
  6. No. 06People v. Roadside SearchPolice search a car without a warrant and find evidence of a crime.Liberty and orderWeighs the facts; could go either way.

The clauses you lean on. In the document itself.

Article I

All legislative powers belong to elected representatives.

Article V

The people change the Constitution, not the courts.

The Guarantee Clause

Republican government, by the people.

Cases that test you. From the record.

The landmark cases that turned on your two strongest axes: the courts and liberty and order.

Your rival: The Civil Liberties Champion

Rights are most tested when they are least popular.

Read their side

Further reading. Official and nonpartisan.

The Bill of Rights

The first ten amendments, as ratified in 1791.

National Archives

Register to vote

Registration deadlines and how to register in every state and territory.

U.S. government

Constitution Annotated

The official, clause-by-clause analysis of how the Constitution has been interpreted.

Library of Congress

The Interactive Constitution

Each clause explained by scholars from different perspectives.

National Constitution Center

All civic resources, including how to register to vote and find your election office.

All 11 constitutionalists. Which are you?

The MadisonianAmbition must be made to counteract ambition.The Originalist SentinelThe words meant something, and they still do.The Federalist StewardFifty laboratories, not one blueprint.The Constitutional LibertarianThe Bill of Rights is a list of things government may not do.The Civil Liberties ChampionRights are most tested when they are least popular.The Living ConstitutionalistA charter meant to endure for ages to come.The National BuilderOne nation, able to act as one.The Strong but Fair ExecutiveEnergy in the executive, under the law.The Guardian of OrderTo insure domestic Tranquility.The MajoritarianLet the people decide.The Pragmatic CentristIt depends on the case.
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