"The very purpose of a Bill of Rights was to withdraw certain subjects from the vicissitudes of political controversy, to place them beyond the reach of majorities and officials and to establish them as legal principles to be applied by the courts. One’s right to life, liberty, and property, to free speech, a free press, freedom of worship and assembly, and other fundamental rights may not be submitted to vote; they depend on the outcome of no elections." The United States Supreme Court.
West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette 1943
vicissitude -A change of circumstances or fortune, typically one that is unwelcome or unpleasant. Oxford Living Dictionary B- had to look this one up myself!
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