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    1. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey Mar 19
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      Do people who've spent every waking moment since 2016 screaming about the urgent need to preserve our sacred "norms" really not understand that abolishing the Electoral College and packing the Supreme Court would also constitute norm violations

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      Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey Mar 19
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      I'm not expressing a view one way or another on the validity of those proposals: just observing that they're not consistent with the popular "But Our Norms!" ethos, which again indicates that it was never really about "norms" per se, but finding a convenient angle to attack Trump

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        1. Rich Zito‏ @richzito Mar 19
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          I mostly agree, but there might be a distinction to be drawn between substantive norms like Electoral College abolition or court packing and the pearl clutching about Trump's breach of mostly superficial etiquette norms around 'the dignity of the office', &c.

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        1. LugeGolf‏ @LugeGolf Mar 19
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          There are people who have been against electoral college way before Trump.

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        2. Delta 🎃‏ @FaceTheTree Mar 19
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          It's clearly political by most yelling.

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        1. StikeDC‏ @StikeDC Mar 19
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          Here’s to #Norms 🍻pic.twitter.com/oUhdL6RIJO

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        1. Nancy Freed‏ @jeansbluejeans Mar 19
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          The electoral college was designed to balance power between urban and rural areas, just like Congress is

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        1. Bun In The Oven‏ @mlync119 Mar 19
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          Mike - the norms are dead and all that’s left is the pretense that they might one day be restored. We need a way to govern this violated mess and dissolution of the EC is low hanging fruit

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        1. furious_delecto_a‏ @furious_a Mar 19
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          What’s funny is the EC protected the northern states from slave states when Const was ratified. 1790 “free persons” census showed VA largest state and NC+SC larger than NJ+CT. Slaves states’ “free persons” almost 1/3 of total US population *incl slaves*, who were enumerated.

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        1. furious_delecto_a‏ @furious_a Mar 19
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          And SCOTUS-packing by Andrew Jackson gave us court that handed down Dredd-Scott decision and ruled the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional.

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        1. NYC THERAPIST‏ @nyctherapist Mar 19
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          There are norms that undermine democracy and norms that preserve it.

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        1. Andy the Roach‏ @leitchaj Mar 19
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          Not all norms are created equal.

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        2. Tom Shipley‏ @therealtomship Mar 19
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          "I'm not expressing a view one way or another" Pin this tweet.

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