Tocqueville analyzes the effect of having a constitution in America and how it is set up. Among other things, he is comparing this with the… Continue reading Day 6 (p. 109 to 124): Reading Tocqueville reminds us that we can forget the original reasons for particular laws, such as maintaining public order, which should lead us to refrain from taking fences down unless we know the reasons they were put up. Do we really want proportional representation?