1. A few quick thoughts on the American Constitution in the age of climate change.
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@HeerJeet Jim Crow era resulted in something even worse in this aspect: Full 5/5ths for apportionment, but no votes, govt by their enemies. -
@HeerJeet 14th Amendment actually mandates that states who block voting be stripped of the House seats — but this has *never* been enforced.
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10. More fundamental, Lockean theory under-girding founding gave slave-owners sense of rightness as property owners.
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11. In polities unblessed by the glorious constitution (British Empire, Mexico, etc) slavery ended decades before the United States.
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