the real threat to democracy is not voter fraud it is rather those who would suppress the votes of millions of us citizens in the name of preventing it the real threat to democracy sen cruzs state marriage defense act is unlikely to become law anytime soon yet it is a good example of the kind of chaotic reaction the us supreme court eventually could unleash if it upheld antigay state marriage laws in the case it will hear later this term justice kennedy and chief justice roberts are you listening what the supreme court can learn from ted cruz