The Twelfth Amendment was ratified by the required number of states on June 15, 1804. Less than a month later, the sitting Vice President - the target of the Amendment - killed the opposing party's most prominent figure, Alexander Hamilton, in a duel.
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So the idea that a rogue VP not loyal to the president could be a danger up to & including violence was hardly a fanciful one to the people voting in 1804 to amend the Constitution to have no more Aaron Burrs.
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And let's be brutally honest, an invitation to assassination.
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If you wanted to create an incentive for the political assassination of any president, this would be a good starting point.
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This is once again further proof that nearly the entire electorate could use a civics class.
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Including the crank, who misrepresents the issue. It wasn't because "the VP is from the other party!" it was because the original design led to ambiguous results in the electoral college. Electors can still, in theory, choose different parties for the two posts.
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The campaign's twitter account has 237 followers.
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“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." - George Santayana Nor do they seem to care in the slightest how "we all" might benefit with some historical wisdom. Their Agenda, or you must be destroyed.
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Thank you!!! I thought if this immediately but didn’t care to argue with a bunch of people.
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