Message from @Perihelion - CA
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The WTO doing anything about China is extremely heartening.
Yes, that’s how they get around it currently. I seriously do believe it won’t survive a Constitutional test before SCOTUS, because it really is telling them to vote according to the vote of people they don’t even represent
Good mornfternoon
The whole state electoral college reps being decided by state popular vote is already a run around the original intent of the constitution.
It is indeed
@Phillip Wiglesworth - FL your bug still has a santa hat
At least they’re still representing their state however
Stealing the votes from rural districts and allowing the diverCITIES to decide. Maybe this is Colorado's form of reparations. (But wait, CO never had slaves) 🤔🤔
Imagine if we didnt have a election every 4 years and instead the new president emerged from a smoke filled room after being selected by legislature selected delegates
And the original Constitutional intent wasn’t for The People to hold an election for President
Anyways
European men of good character who owned a hundred acres of land or more.
China is a true republic. Change my mind.
@Jordan - MD CPAC in one meme
The electoral college got together in a convention and voted for a President. Because really, POTUS doesn’t represent The People. POTUS represents The States
Congress represents The People
SCOTUS represents The Constitution
It was a good idea but its clearly not a nash equilibrium solution
Never forget what they've taken from us.
The only way we will be on a cover photo is if they are attempting to engineer our life style. The double standards are incredible
POTUS enforces the laws for The States, which are determined by The People of Congress, as examined by SCOTUS in preserving The Constitution
Yeah its just not a game with a stable solution
It’s beautiful, but has been perverted
It's pervesion in such a short time is proof that it does not work. Europe fell down the same path once they abandoned their kingdoms
The kingdoms are often portrayed as harsh and not representative of their people, but what has democracy really done for them?
Replaced them.
Monarchy suffers from succession problems
I'm not arguing for it, I'm just saying that it was much better, for a thousand years, at retaining its people
It is constitutional. Originally the people weren't even supposed to have a hand in electing the President. The fact that states decided to allow the people to influence the election is just something they decided to do. A gift they gave us and can take away.
The truth is, power corrupts.
Power lets you show your flaws
Its not inherently corrupting
Power is like a magnifying glass for mental and emotional deficiencies
@sigruna14 I wouldn't be too against that, but with our leaders in every corner of the country not representing the people I would not trust them to make that decision, they would elect a Cohen really quick
@Jordan - MD I'm not saying I'm for or against. Just that what Colorado is doing is legal.
There's no measures we can take? No court that we can challenge this in?
The wording of the law makes a difference but there is a legal way to accomplish their intent
I know there are streets to March in, I'm surprised that the rural areas aren't flooding the city streets right now
The measure would be elect a new CO legislature
@Jordan - MD Unless I'm very mistaken, there's nothing in the Constitution that says the states have to consider the will of the people at all in appointing electors. So no. Nothing other than a constitutional amendment.