would rather be ruled by a strong king, especially if they thought that he was chosen by god, than a president elected by a population with whom they did not agree?

I know that in Texas it is more than a third.

This is something that I learned in grade school.

People just don’t care. They want a king/dictator.

is what it's like to live in a dictatorship with no Bill of Rights, no constitution, no due process, no courts with any real power. Republican voters seem to think it would be really great for them ------ and only bad for "the others" they don't like. What a nasty surprise they will get when they see what it's really like to be a resident of a country that considers them nothing more than a slave.

We had to show the world ... because it was time to make these things happen. And we did.

We had to figure out the concept of "separation between church and state." Our Constitution and the Bill of Rights started out as an idea, and not everyone was ready to listen. Even the idea of electing our own leaders was a completely new concept.

The three branches of government - executive, legislative, judicial - didn't happen overnight. It was slowly devised after many false starts over many years. It took a whole generation before Americans were ready to embrace the concepts of democracy and self-rule.

So many mistakes were made along the way. So many ideas were tried out and discarded for one reason or another. Justice Sotomayor is right ... a lot of Americans don't understand ... because they haven't been taught Civics properly.

blasting LIES 24/7 worldwide now with internet tubes back then.

There were no WWII ended with nukes, followed by arms races that produced thousands of them (200 at once and life itself on this small planet would be back to unicellular beings deep in the oceans).

Civics curriculum should include instructive videos on internet tubes at least once a week that would also include footage of what it means to live in military juntas run by fascists like Putin. Plus all sorts of Historical content.

has more important things to be concerned about, such as being detained by ICE for no other reason than her name or the color of her skin, absent due process, thanks to her fellow conservative justices.

and deliberately choose dictatorship.

I know what I think.

Presidents serve the people.
People serve the King.

Four of the Supreme Court Justices are simply there to serve a King.

Out of the six conservatives, which two aren't there to serve a king? Amy and who else?

Even my daughter, who is Ms. Athlete, always on some sports team, and who works long hours, reads some. She usually reads several books a year.

Things like this paint a target on her back and I'm fearful for her health and survival. Yes, I am a worrier, a few times more than necessary, but sometimes very right on.