• OldFartPhil@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Because the Republicans, with their allies in the Federalist Society, have been planning this for decades.

    Because the US Constitution excludes the most representative institution (the House of Representatives) from the appointments process. The President (determined by the Electoral college, which gives disproportionate weight to low-population red states) nominates justices, who are then confirmed by the Senate (where low-population red states have disproportionate power).

    And here we are. Where the conservative supermajority in the USSC exists because two presidents who lost the popular vote have nominated justices who were then confirmed by a legislative body representing a minority of Americans.

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      Not only that but add in bullshit by Republicans refusing to let a sitting president nominate a justice and then rushing in one of their own. And manchin and sinema blocking anything dems could do to fix it when they had power.

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    1 year ago

    tl;dr bad faith politics by the Republican senate

    (I didn’t even read it. This is just the answer)

  • culpritus [any]@hexbear.net
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    Abolish the Senate. It is entirely undemocratic.

    Wyoming : 581,381 people = 290,690.5 per Senator

    California : 39,029,342 people = 19,514,671 per Senator

    67x more representation for people of Wyoming vs California in the US Senate

    Land of the Free - Home of the Brave

    doubt

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      What’s your opinion about Congress’s shape after abolishing the Senate? Unicameral? Personally, I’d like to see it replaced with a proportional party-list body.

      That way, you replace 100 for 100, and don’t have to transfer any of the Senate’s responsibilities to the House.