Amending the Constitution would be more difficult than getting rid of the filibuster--and no state or political party that benefits from the current setup would sign on for it. How long has the ERA been floating around now?
Most of the politicians have little or no interest in making changes in the current system as it is the system that …
Amending the Constitution would be more difficult than getting rid of the filibuster--and no state or political party that benefits from the current setup would sign on for it. How long has the ERA been floating around now?
Most of the politicians have little or no interest in making changes in the current system as it is the system that they are used to and have benefitted from. Manchin knows which side of the bread his butter is on... as do some of the others.
Racists, of course, don't think that racism exists or that, if it does, it isn't bad enough that we need actually do anything about it. We are past all that, right? Apparently not... but SCotUS says so in their ivory tower.
Any political faction that controls the SCotUS has the ability to negate laws.. or precedent.
There are a lot of things that need to change in our system if you want it to actually be more Democratic. Those things are unlikely to happen because you will be asking people that benefit from the status quo to change the status quo.
Amending the Constitution would be more difficult than getting rid of the filibuster--and no state or political party that benefits from the current setup would sign on for it. How long has the ERA been floating around now?
Most of the politicians have little or no interest in making changes in the current system as it is the system that they are used to and have benefitted from. Manchin knows which side of the bread his butter is on... as do some of the others.
Racists, of course, don't think that racism exists or that, if it does, it isn't bad enough that we need actually do anything about it. We are past all that, right? Apparently not... but SCotUS says so in their ivory tower.
Any political faction that controls the SCotUS has the ability to negate laws.. or precedent.
There are a lot of things that need to change in our system if you want it to actually be more Democratic. Those things are unlikely to happen because you will be asking people that benefit from the status quo to change the status quo.