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I hear you, but the problem with that logic is that it is simply going with anything the rules technically allow.

If I'm not mistaken, we are 6 pardoned assassinations away from having a 9-0 liberal supreme court. Then, with house, senate, and whitehouse, all manner of various laws, extra states, and other changes could likely install a permanent democratic majority through technically allowed methods.

That's absurd of course, but my point is to show the problem with casting aside social mores of avoiding rank hypocrisy and using every technicality to turn an advantage. Our society functions on more than just the letter of the law, and the more we strip away what I'll call good sportsmanship, the closer we get to where we can't live together successfully.

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