"Popularity makes no law invulnerable to invalidation. Americans accept judicial supervision of their democracy - judicial review of popular but possibly unconstitutional statutes - because they know that if the Constitution is truly to constitute the nation, it must trump some majority preferences."

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George Will is an American journalist, columnist, and political commentator. He is known for conservative opinion writing, including long-running columns for major U.S. newspapers. He received the Pulitzer Prize for commentary in 1977.

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