Never voted before nor want to. Who else doesn't vote?

That's not, like, something to be proud of.  

I'm in the same boat as Mac, but I have the urge to jump off the bow just to prove that I knew how so I can get a long swim in. Dont leave me Mac.

Do you atleast vote in the polls on COJ?

We may not like it, but it's well within their rights to strike down unconstitutional laws regardless of how many people are in favor of it.  The great thing about this country is that if we don't like that, we can try to amend our Constitution.

The problem is that it's not a philosophy.  It's the law.  The good thing and the bad thing about the law is that it's very cut and dry in most cases.  The courts have a legal right to do what they're doing, and we have a legal right to attempt to change that.

I agree with your sentiment about local vs. federal issues though.

I agree too.  The courts have the right...and honestly, I wouldn't want to live with any other system.  On a whole, it protects us, sometimes protecting us from ourselves, but it is difficult on that rare occasion that the federal law is prohibiting something that could benefit the lives of others.  All in all, I think that this is the exception and not the rule.  What I think could have stopped the animosity that many felt, was for it to be yanked from the ballot (not ballet like I just typed, good thing I caught it) before ever going to a vote.  I am sure there is a reason this doesn't and didn't happen.

Agree.  Plus people have fought  and died for that right.

I am a voter - missed one since I turned 18.  I liked going to the polls, seeing my neighbors out,  participating.

Question for those who do not vote - did your parents not vote or discuss current events?  Where does this apathy come from?

We get the government we deserve.

Not voting is as much a right as voting.  Soldiers don't fight and die so you can vote, they do it so you have the ability and right to participate if you wish to do so.  I don't agree with those that don't vote...I don't have to.  A minority of each party's radicalized nutjobs have more and more say when the "average" American doesn't vote.

I vote in all the major elections, and try to get to most of the local/primaries, etc.  The local ones seem to be the more heated battles since there are direct immediate impacts to the local development, taxes, schools, etc. that impact my day to day life.

Sure, there are quirks in the system, but it works most of the time and the courts do protect us from idiot voters that don't understand my needs ourselves  

(Note = NOT equating you to the CSA....) Interesting, that's the very same argument the Confederated States of America made in the 1860s.

I agree that the federal government should not be involved in legislating local matters (i.e., crimes against the person, abortion, etc....), but also that states should not be able to legislate matters of federal concern (i.e., immigration, international trade, etc.....)

As for the courts overturning legislation, that is EXACTLY what the system is designed for.  You wouldn't want legislators and voters being the last word on constitutionality or validity, would you?  It's especially true in Article III federal courts, where the judges are not required to pander to a constituency.

As for voting, do or do not.  We have become pretty blase about that right, that as others have mentioned many peopl ein other countries have died for.  If you don't thoug, no bitchin and moanin.  But why not?  It's so easy.  You can even vote absentee on the comfort of your barcalounger....

While all of what you say is probably true on the individual level, a problem arises when lots of people hold similar beliefs.  Is your individual vote likely to change the results of an election?  No, but if a quarter of the eligible voters all feel that same way, there will certainly be elections affected.

Plus I'm not willing to let other people decide things for me when I have a say so.  People fought and died for me to have that right, so I'm going to exercise it.