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KharmaTrain

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Sat Jan-23-10 10:10 AM
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1. Screwing With The Constitution Is A Dangerous Thing...

Right now with our dysfunctional Senate, it's doubtful you'd get 67 votes to ammend...if FDR couldn't do it with a larger majority, what makes you think it could happen now?

Also, what's the benefit of having an even number on the court? Who would break a deadlock?

The balance that works against us now can shift back in our favor should one of the corporate 5 step down...which could happen in Kennedy and Scalia's case in a few years. The "charm" of the court is it can revisit previous decissions and surely with a 5-4 liberal/moderate lean, it would repeal or reverse the most heinous parts of this travesty.

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