Glancing at the news today, there seems to be a lot of crowd-cheering for candidates who propose eliminating the electoral college, and increasing the number of Supreme Court seats.
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Glancing at the news today, there seems to be a lot of crowd-cheering for candidates who propose eliminating the electoral college, and increasing the number of Supreme Court seats.
I don’t think the Constitution sets a limit on the number of justices, but wouldn’t eliminating the EC require an amendment? I would think that would be a pretty hard sell in the smaller states. I wonder how representative the crowd doing the cheering is of the country at large.Quote:
Originally Posted by bae
The Democrats have been keen on stacking the Supreme Court since Roosevelt's time, nothing new there. What I find interesting is a sitting Senator making the elimination of the electoral college part of her Presidential campaign. If memory serves me correctly, the President has nothing to do with changing the Constitution, this is done completely within the Congress. If Senator Warren were serious, it seems she should start the process while still in the Senate as she would not be able to do so from the White House.Quote:
Originally Posted by bae
It doesn't - deciding the size is left up to Congress. We started out with only 6 :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by LDAHL
Indeed so. I do think there's a good argument to be made to have the states consider modifying the winner-take-all scheme most currently use to allocate their electors, which wouldn't require an amendment at all.Quote:
but wouldn’t eliminating the EC require an amendment?
I think there is a bill submitted to this Congress, but I don't believe it will get any traction.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alan
But why would they surrender that much influence to a handful of populous coastal states?Quote:
Originally Posted by bae
I'll bet no one else gets a 2 acre earth portrait. https://www.newsweek.com/beto-orourk...ng-man-1367442
https://s.newsweek.com/sites/www.new.../crop-beto.jpg
It's already in the works. At this point who knows if enough states will enact legislation to do this. It's still 89 EV's short.Quote:
Originally Posted by bae
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nation...rstate_Compact
Soon they’ll be sacrificing virgins to him. Like back in the Kennedy days.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alan
Better than sacrificing them to Roy Moore...Quote:
Originally Posted by LDAHL