[dbingham]

To flip this, the minority of the country that live in 39 states should not be able to dictate the law to the majority of the country who just happen to be concentrated in a relatively small area. That's tyranny of the minority, which is arguably far worse than the tyranny of the majority the framers feared.

[mieseratte]

On the other hand one could frame this as the majority of states decided and those nine states are the tyrannical minority.

[SauciestGNU]

Empty land doesn't have a right to suffrage, people do.

[mieseratte]

We're not talking about "empty land," we're talking about member states of a federation. Those members get to decide, you merely tell your state, vaguely, what you want.

[BearGoesChirp]

That's why States Rights is the solution. Let each state control what the law is for them and only for them. Tyranny of thy own self.

(Ignoring for the moment state level tyranny of the majority.)