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In reply to the discussion: How should the constitution be fixed? [View all]cos dem
(895 posts)28. Some ideas...
1. Money is not speech
2. Corporations are not people
3. Gun regulations are not forbidden.
4. The idea of citizen militias is obsolete.
5. Electoral college is gone.
6. Presidents can be indicted.
7. Advice and consent means if you don't vote on someone's appointment, you have given implied consent.
8. Supreme court justices serve for 18 years, with staggered terms, that's it. Each president normally gets 2 appointments per term (other than extras required for retirements or death).
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I think it's useful for checks and balances to have one body with longer terms than the other
meadowlander
Sep 2019
#67
That's why we have a house of representatives...for proportional representation. n/t
cynatnite
Sep 2019
#11
We do not have true proportional representation in the House either, we have a first-past-the-post
Celerity
Sep 2019
#22
The only solution to gerrymandering is to start realizing how important your vote ...
marble falls
Sep 2019
#8