In a psychological sense, Statists (ACFs*) in general want to expand more ego into government, while conservatives and other normal people want to reduce or limit ego (with Natural Law in place for objective boundaries). 

Laws are a kind of force - any time one wants another law, they are inviting government to use more force to make unwilling people do things they don't want to do. 

Genuine democracy (representative rule) is about reaching a consensus which reflects the desire of the majority of people participating in the elective process, not the appointment of an "elite committee" to usurp the decision-making process on the pretense that those who elect them are incompetent. 

This is another stark reminder of the basic psychological/philosophical difference between people who genuinely believe in the U.S. Constitution and the freedoms/protections from government oppression it enshrines, and those who merely want an oligarchy which enforces ego-driven, arbitrary, sleazy (amoral) dicta. 

* ACFs = Anti-Conservative Fanatic(s)