Tensions between Minority Rights and Majority Rule Throughout the history of the
United States of America
Throughout history, there has been an understanding between the government of
state and it's constituents. From the times where such philosophers as Thomas Hobbes
and John Locke put forth their respective theories of a state of nature and social contract,
mankind has been enthralled with the separation of government and the population it
controlled. John Locke proposed that there has always been a need for a "social
contract"-that is an understanding between the government and the…
