[nickpsecurity]

It wasn't: that was only the beginning. Democracy, like security, is a process rather than a thing you do once. So, people have to be "eternally vigilant" fighting off advances against their established rights in legislature and in court rulings. People can sit on the sidelines of corruption and have a democracy. That's what's happening now. It's why we're pretty far from the Bill of Rights in practice but still have enough to reform with.

People just got to put it to use.