I'm beyond frustrated. I am LIVID!! It seems pretty obvious that Trump is not going to have any of these trials start until after the November election. Let's just hope that We the People in the USA pull our heads out of our asses and vote for Biden. Otherwise, we're in for a bumpy ride...
I'm beyond frustrated. I am LIVID!! It seems pretty obvious that Trump is not going to have any of these trials start until after the November election. Let's just hope that We the People in the USA pull our heads out of our asses and vote for Biden. Otherwise, we're in for a bumpy ride...
Why is getting rid of the Electoral College rarely mentioned? It should be a clause at the beginning of every article or newscast: "Given the fact that the US is still the victim of the insane Electoral College system..." (then just continue the story/article, regardless of its topic).
Why does the vote of a single resident of Wyoming outweigh the votes of literally dozens of Californians?
Because it takes 2/3rds of states to get rid of it, and those small populous (mostly red) states will never give up their undeserved power over the rest of us.
I understand how it (supposedly) works. As a kid in DC, I saw that my parents weren't permitted to vote in presidential elections, but the 23rd Amendment fixed that. Later, I realized that 3 EC votes was bullshit compared to the flip side (2 senators and a representative, all of whom would be Black).
BUT, with state legislatures being responsible for passing the most draconian anti-abortion laws, I'm hoping for a massive flip in state legislatures--massive enough to get us that 2/3rds majority to get DC's representation AND election by popular vote.
skangirl - Because the damned EC is in the Constitution & it will take an Amendment to be rid of it. IтАЩm going to keep recommending this til IтАЩm blue in the face; get Elie MystalтАЩs book: тАЬAllow
Me to Retort - A Black GuyтАЩs Guide to the ConstitutionтАЭ preferably in audiobook form so that you can hear it in his own passionate voice.
You will not only learn tons about the Constitution but youтАЩll laugh while doing so & youтАЩll come away with hope that we can fix it & the not so Supreme Court without amendments.
If you canтАЩt afford the book, then listen to his entire series of podcasts called;
Contempt of Court. He just started doing the podcast this past June. ItтАЩs from The Nation Magazine about how to reform the SCOTUS
I was 5 when I discovered that my parents weren't allowed to vote for Kennedy because we lived in DC. On my 6th birthday, the 23rd Amendment was ratified, giving DC its 3 stupid EC votes. They should've gotten voting representation in Congress at the same time.
My hope is that the pro-choice backlash will fill state legislatures with enough Democrats to enable fixing that oversight. (Of course, if DC was suddenly filled with white Republicans, they'd have a GQP representative and senators so fast your head would spin.)
I'm beyond frustrated. I am LIVID!! It seems pretty obvious that Trump is not going to have any of these trials start until after the November election. Let's just hope that We the People in the USA pull our heads out of our asses and vote for Biden. Otherwise, we're in for a bumpy ride...
Why is getting rid of the Electoral College rarely mentioned? It should be a clause at the beginning of every article or newscast: "Given the fact that the US is still the victim of the insane Electoral College system..." (then just continue the story/article, regardless of its topic).
Why does the vote of a single resident of Wyoming outweigh the votes of literally dozens of Californians?
Because it takes 2/3rds of states to get rid of it, and those small populous (mostly red) states will never give up their undeserved power over the rest of us.
I understand how it (supposedly) works. As a kid in DC, I saw that my parents weren't permitted to vote in presidential elections, but the 23rd Amendment fixed that. Later, I realized that 3 EC votes was bullshit compared to the flip side (2 senators and a representative, all of whom would be Black).
BUT, with state legislatures being responsible for passing the most draconian anti-abortion laws, I'm hoping for a massive flip in state legislatures--massive enough to get us that 2/3rds majority to get DC's representation AND election by popular vote.
skangirl - Because the damned EC is in the Constitution & it will take an Amendment to be rid of it. IтАЩm going to keep recommending this til IтАЩm blue in the face; get Elie MystalтАЩs book: тАЬAllow
Me to Retort - A Black GuyтАЩs Guide to the ConstitutionтАЭ preferably in audiobook form so that you can hear it in his own passionate voice.
You will not only learn tons about the Constitution but youтАЩll laugh while doing so & youтАЩll come away with hope that we can fix it & the not so Supreme Court without amendments.
If you canтАЩt afford the book, then listen to his entire series of podcasts called;
Contempt of Court. He just started doing the podcast this past June. ItтАЩs from The Nation Magazine about how to reform the SCOTUS
I was 5 when I discovered that my parents weren't allowed to vote for Kennedy because we lived in DC. On my 6th birthday, the 23rd Amendment was ratified, giving DC its 3 stupid EC votes. They should've gotten voting representation in Congress at the same time.
My hope is that the pro-choice backlash will fill state legislatures with enough Democrats to enable fixing that oversight. (Of course, if DC was suddenly filled with white Republicans, they'd have a GQP representative and senators so fast your head would spin.)