Dear
francoHFW
I wish there was some way I could tag on or reply to your Funny with a Funny.
Like n to the nth power expontentially.
When one of my Republican friends starts talking like you about an armed revolution, the one argument he will listen to is that the Governor would call for a constitutional solution first. Such as training all citizens to be their own police and military so the population would qualify for gun ownership should federal restriction s come down on the states. He and I as constitutionalists would support setting up a grand jury system with the Libertarians to check govt and stop political abuses. So these proposal s do appeal to right wing conservatives and constitutionalists as peaceful means of revolutionizing govt without armed forces needing to be exerted.
I think YOU are funny for thinking this is funny. It's a very serious solution to serious problems, and it will take a lot of work similarly to the heavy pulling it took Jesse Jones to convince private investors to bail out smaller banks after the Depression. Not funny at all but some serious serious work for people to agree to take on to fix things ourselves, civilly through the private sector and realize we have that power that ability and that social responsibility.
You are funny if you think this is funny!
The Constitution gives the President the power to nominate Supreme Court Justices.
The Senate's Constitutional role of "advise and consent" is done by considering and deciding upon the qualifications of the president's nominee.
Mitch McConnel said he would not even consider a justice nominated by Obama. He said only the next president should have the right to nominate a Supreme Court justice. Then John McCain closed the deal by saying that if Clinton wins, he belives the Republican obstruction of the President's Constitutional role in nominating justices would continue. Translation: no nominees selected by a Democratic President will be considered.
By refusing to advise and consent, the Republicans are obstructing the Constitutionally protected powers of a sitting president.
"Furthermore, the power to change the number of justices on the Supreme Court requires an act of Congress, and thus the Senate is unable to accomplish this on its own. So if the Senate were to refuse to consider any nominees whatsoever, not only would this amount to the Senate failing to perform its constitutional duties, but this would also have the effect of the Senate improperly usurping the power unto itself to change the number of sitting justices from 9 to 8."
This is exactly how the Constitution will be destroyed, by a movement that claims to be protecting it while acting outside of it.
God fucking help us. This is really happening in my lifetime.
(FYI: thank you for your thoughtful explanations on everything. It is far better than spewing talking points or making cryptic rejoinders)
Dear
Londoner
On the other hand, I totally believe if all the parties consult together
we can agree to stop these destructive politics,
and choose people willing to represent the diverse parties AND put the Constitution first,
so we work toward consensus on laws that respect BOTH.
Right now, if we fill govt with bullies who only put one party first or bow to the other,
we get garbage. Like ACA where people on both left and right complained
the corporate crap and compromises weren't what EITHER side wanted.
Let's stop nominating electing and hiring people who can't work with both the
various beliefs of diverse parties AND enforce the Constitution at the same time.
Either respect all of these, or get people in office who will work as a team.
If it takes a TEAM of consultants to help each person in office respect BOTH
then so be it. It will take all citizens learning the Constitution to police govt,
at all levels.
This isn't going to destroy the Constitution, it's going to require
educating everyone, as even people are trying to correct and
teach each other on this forum here. Just like that, we can make this work.
And we can include and respect each person's and party's beliefs, just like we try to here!
It isn't perfect. That's why we need to enlist each other's help to make this work.
It's no different than how universities hire the best of the art, science, music, facilities,
sports, health depts so they have all the areas covered in their campus programs.
Instead of bullying between one party over others, we hire consultants from all of
them to assist in areas where this affects people of different beliefs, and make
sure all objections and concerns/conflicts are addressed. So our policies cover all the bases.
We are heading for this anyway. A combination of representative democracy
and direct, of federal working with state. And we use the internet and
school/academic depts to organize teams of experts and researchers in each
area, to make sure we develop and implement the most effective sustainable solutions we can.
Clinton, Trump Cruz all the leaders are right that we need to fix the things wrong we see.
It will take all leaders and all the parties working together to delegate the work
that needs to get done.
That's where we're heading as a country. And so are all other nations
having to organize resources the same way. It's already happening,
through the internet, through academic depts connecting across the world
to put together the best solutions to each of the areas and problems
they specialize in respectively.
Sorry I overstated this. I'm sure you got this back in paragraph 1-2.
If not, we will all be on the same page in time, if we are going to survive.
Take care and thanks for being here, too.
Appreciate yours and everyone's input,
because believe me,it's going to take every one
of us to organize the work it takes to reorganize
and reform where our govt and economy is heading.
It's all good, but it's a helluva lot of work.
Look forward to better times ahead than
the messes left behind we've just begun to assess and clean up.
Yours truly,
Emily
