Do you really want to compare U.S. laws with, say Libya? Are you actually making that comparison?
And if you cannot tell the difference between a democratic country and a non free one, do you have any moral compass at all?
What did you read? And, are you sober?
Btw, we're a republic; that would be what protects us from the tyranny of the majority. That fareal coexists with my own moral compass. Yours?