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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"The modern polarized system has created, in effect, a new Constitution ...
The modern polarized system has created, in effect, a new Constitution w/overwhelming advantages for Rs. New laws require 60 votes, but existing programs can be defunded with 51. Judges, who can be appointed w/a mere 51 votes, can strike down laws that required 60 to pass
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live love laugh
(13,009 posts)And I truly hope that our legislators do indeed deal with them and change this before we pass the final tipping point.
brush
(53,475 posts)presidential popular votes. What's right wing is the concoction of the filibuster, the Electoral College, stolen SCOTUS seats/right wing judge appointments approved by only 51 Senate votes and right wing gerrymandering which over the decades has moved what comes out of DC, red state states houses and courts decidedly rightward.
Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)If you control the narrative, you control the perception of the "will of the people".
msongs
(67,199 posts)a nice month+ long vacation
jimlup
(7,968 posts)keithbvadu2
(36,369 posts)Last edited Mon Jun 21, 2021, 10:41 PM - Edit history (1)
When arguing the Constitution on social media:
1. Whatever is not specifically allowed must be forbidden. IF this logic supports your premise.
2. Whatever is not specifically forbidden must be allowed. IF this logic supports your premise.