OPINION: America would be in a significantly less fucked up place if California and Washington had a proportional amount of power in government compared to their population.
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Replying to @gypsy_panther @lsthmus
abolish the senate. reapportion the house immediately and at each census (the actual reason the 10 year census is in the constitution). congressional districts to be apportioned by a fair algorithm with no exceptions. implement congressional term limits (max 2 consecutive terms).
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Replying to @danlistensto @lsthmus
implement ranked choice voting. implement 2 week long voting periods and universal ballot-by-mail. implement automatic voter registration upon 18th birthday.
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Replying to @danlistensto @lsthmus
put an age ceiling on public office. lets start at 70 and see how that works out. implement term limits for Supreme Court justices. no justice shall serve for more than 1 term and a term shall be limited to 10 years.
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Replying to @danlistensto @lsthmus
I'm counting three Amendments. As long as we're doing the impossible why not just an Amendment to annihilate the United States
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the constitution has been amended 27 times I agree that present politics don't seem likely to pass amendments like these but I still find value in expressing a vision of what to work towards in the future
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the 27th amendment was submitted 202 years before it was finally ratified
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