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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Yep but I'd say it's a little bit of both right now especially when you have Trump at the helm.
I liked that Canadian system someone just mentioned
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That seems an insufficiently significant reason with all the other problems that come with the territory—and in and of itself is neutral as the exact same defiance can go the opposite direction (true regardless of your perspective on a law). And that cannot be the only stopping point in a terrible law being implemented.
edited 14th Jun '17 3:37:23 PM by RainehDaze
If anyone's curious, this is how the Constitution Act describes the separation of powers.
Turns out that it isn't originally from the Constitution Act of 1982, instead being from the British North America Act of 1862.
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That's a terrible idea. There's nothing more hidebound and idiotic than a local council, in part because local elections garner so little public interest. What you get out of such an arrangement is a schizophrenic patchwork of local ordinances that throw commerce and even daily life into chaos.
edited 14th Jun '17 3:48:13 PM by Fighteer
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
UK population: 65 million people (estimated). 650 M Ps. It's probably substantially bigger than you were thinking.
It goes Westminster -> devolved administration -> local councils. In England, it's just Westminster to local councils, unitary authorities, whatever the hell London and Manchester have... but yes, there's no need to split into big states. But still, the scale of councils is small.
edited 14th Jun '17 3:55:45 PM by RainehDaze
Imagine giving someone like Trump even more power. He's about one death or two away from controlling the Supreme Court. And these are octogenarians.
Special counsel is investigating Trump for possible obstruction of justice, officials
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Fucking moron
New Survey coming this weekend!A slight, interesting tangent, from the NY Times
Not a single state supports the House health care bill.
Will Republican senators vote yes on a bill this unpopular? To hang on to their jobs, senators have to keep only voters in their own states happy, not the whole nation. Perhaps red-state senators, or even some senators in swing states, might think their states are friendlier to the bill than the nation as a whole.
Our research indicates that is not the case. To get a sense of support by state, we combined recent polls to estimate support for the A.H.C.A. in every senator’s home state. Our estimates indicate that not one state favors it.
Even though very few state polls have been conducted on views of the A.H.C.A., we are able to estimate views on the bill in each state using a statistical method called M.R.P. (multilevel regression and postratification) and eight national polls that the Kaiser Family Foundation, You Gov and Public Policy Polling shared with us on people’s views on the A.H.C.A.
edited 14th Jun '17 4:05:32 PM by sgamer82
I'm thinking more along the lines of legislation. States would make their own laws and the federal government would provide a guiding hand and make sure they don't oppress people.
Besides it's easier to deal with an oppressive state government than it is to deal with an oppressive federal government.
x3 It's looking to me that Trump's wick is starting to get shorter and shorter. Any month now and the whole bomb that is his administration will explode.
x2 Considering 60+% of the Population, and Trump himself apparently, doesn't like the AHCA, I don't blame any state for not liking it either. It was a terrible bill and should have never passed the House.
edited 14th Jun '17 4:07:40 PM by DingoWalley1
The only reason Trump was elected was because the way in which we distribute electoral power in this country gives disproportionate weight to smaller states. If we did away with that, he wouldn't be here.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"California's President Governor was just named special advisor to the UN climate conference after the US pulled out of the Paris Accords.
But on Tuesday, that effort drew him not to a national capital but to Sacramento, where he endorsed Gov. Jerry Brown’s ambitious plans on climate change.
Prime Minister of Fiji Frank Bainimarama signed an international agreement that California has spearheaded with states and provinces around the world to set tougher targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, a symbolic step intended to help counterbalance President Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris deal on climate change.
“If there’s one thing we have all learned over the last two weeks, for every action, there is a reaction,” Bainimarama said during a ceremony in the governor’s mansion. “People of all walks of life across America have spoken very loudly, telling the world that America will continue to tackle climate change.”
He announced that Brown will be a “special advisor for states and regions” at the November conference in Germany, where countries will flesh out more details on the agreement reached in Paris.
“We’re going to be there [for the climate negotiations]. We’re going to play an important role,” the governor said on Tuesday while joined by Washington Gov. Jay Inslee and Oregon Gov. Kate Brown.
West Coast the best coast!
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Just noting that I'm all for doing away with the electoral college and fixing how little states get as much power as big states in the Senate.
That might be a stupid question but why exactly wasn't Trump under investigation beforehand? Not only did he openly encourage Russia to hack the democratic party during his speeches, there was also one incident in which he hinted a reveal which happened shortly after. It was also already known that the one point Trump really fought for when he put together his agenda was lifting the sanctions on Russia. There was ample reason to investigate him months ago, even if you ignore the way he is openly funnelling tax payer money into his businesses, or how political meetings often end with favourable business deals for his family.
I'd rather leave the Senate be and focus on removing the "population cap" on total House seats, in addition to electoral college removal/fixing.
Make the House do what it's supposed to actually do - properly favor larger states.
Expergiscēre cras, medior quam hodie. (Awaken tomorrow, better than today.)And now Travis Air Force Base in California has an active shooter alert as well.

"The right wing twitterverse is calling this incident "left wing terrorism", and using it to claim that the left encourages violence."
Ugh, I was afraid of that.