Protecting Minority Rights
Because pure majority rule could otherwise let a large enough majority vote away a smaller group's own rights, the judicial branch, whose federal judges do not face election and cannot easily be removed for an unpopular ruling, plays a distinct role in protecting minority rights even against a popular majority position. This counter-majoritarian function is itself a genuine point of ongoing debate: it protects minority rights from majority overreach, but it also means unelected judges, rather than elected officials, are making some of these consequential decisions.
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