Re: The Joy Of Democracy

Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

On 23 Oct 2024 19:46:30 GMT, rbowman wrote:
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Do you know how the Electoral College is formed?

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I know about the “Three-Fifths Compromise”. That allowed the
slave-owning states to get more say in the election of the President
augmented to some extent by their slave population, without those
slaves getting any actual votes. Clever, don’t you think?

It was fucked up, and then they had the audacity to secede because it
was threatened.  Fuck crackers.

Washington DC gets 3 votes despite not being a state.

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I wonder why there is so much opposition to it becoming a state ...
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<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_of_Columbia_Voting_Rights_Amendment>

It would be a black-plurality, highly safely Democratic state, so the
redneck states will never agree to it.

--
Joel W. Crump

Amendment XIV
Section 1.

[...] No state shall make or enforce any law which shall
abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the
United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of
life, liberty, or property, without due process of law;
nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal
protection of the laws.

Dobbs rewrites this, it is invalid precedent.  States are
liable for denying needed abortions, e.g. TX.