Here at my school, they test all clubs equally, and waste a LOT of money. They also pull us out of class to test us and it's our own responsibility to make up the work.
It can happen when the majority of voters support curtailing personal rights and freedoms. Democracy doesn't gaurantee anything - it just reflects the electorate, and we happen to have a bad one here.
Obviously things would be much worse were it not for the undemocratic aspects of the Constitution - Bill of Rights, etc.
Indeed, the problem here seems to be that the Bill of Rights is outdated and insufficient, otherwise this would be unconstitutional.
The entire Constitution is very authoritarian in nature, Opebo is right.
Notice how much more work it takes than 51% of the vote to change it? Opebo is right. Besides that, it limits what the people can do and sets the parameters for various officials to have power that isn't bestowed by the people (judges, Federal appointments, the House, and even the Senate is very un-democratic by giving Rhode Island as many votes as California).
