… so to speak. According to the Huffington Post, California’s direct democracy fetish is stepping into new areas including the practice of infant circumcision for religious purposes. It brings up a number of interesting issues. On the one hand, it raises questions for libertarians – often the most vocal advocates of more direct democracy. The Huffington [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Referendums’
Why referendums should be banned
Apologies again for the light posting. I’ve written an extensive round-up of the main arguments (that I can think of) against referendums. The full post is over on Slugger O’Toole and a slightly edited (shorter) version is on Liberal Conspiracy. Both were published yesterday.