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They fact that America has no avenue for 'vote of no confidence' and government dissolution is astounding. Still, it's a good wake up call for the rest of the world to break ties and rethink alliances.
Actually we do have a mechanism for legally throwing everything out. It requires 2/3rds of all state governments to vote in favor of government reform. Then all of congress a the executive gets recalled and new elections are held across the country.
I’m sure it seemed like a great idea when there were 13 states. Unfortunately, we can’t currently get some states to agree that pasteurizing milk or having fluoride in water is a good thing, so I think it’s a bit late to try to get 33 states to agree to reforming the government.
Pfft flouride... We can't even get all the states to agree that women are people that deserve full rights... Daily reminder that Equal Rights Amendment still isn't in effect.
It always amazes me that the anti-vaccers, raw milk supporters, flat-earthers, you-name-it, don't slowly (or quickly) die out, leaving us all better off. Guess they breed faster than they stick hands into wood chippers.
As far as anti-vaxxers and raw milk people go, despite not trusting modern medical science boy will they use it when their lives are on the line. Hypocrisy and cognitive dissonance at it’s finest
Sorry, your AI is hallucinating a bit. No such mechanism exists as you describe it.
However, 2/3 of State legislatures can vote to have a Constitutional Convention for proposing amendments, any one of which would require 3/4 of states to approve in order to come into effect (just like any other amendment). This mechanism was conceived as a way to allow States to enact amendments without Congressional approval.
And before you say "Hey, that's a great idea", know that the batshit crazy Conservatives have been trying to call for one for years, because since everything is done by state, they have a decided advantage. The large states lean Democratic, and the 12 most populous states have more than 50% of the population. That means that the other 38 states could ratify amendments without a majority of the population behind them.
And to make things worse, although it is limited to "amendments", there is nothing preventing a State Convention from ripping the whole thing up and starting over, without any of the nitpicky amendments that the Right hates (like freedom of speech, the press, religion, women voting, etc.), as long as 38 states agree to do it. That would likely prompt the 12 states on the losing end of the deal to attempt to secede rather than submit.
Instead of accusing me of using shitty autocorrect, you could also assume that I remember high school civics class from 15 years ago, where this was explained to me.
Was my teacher wrong? Possibly.
Am I offended you would think I would use an AI, definitely.
Perhaps you should read about our processes more
Well... I'm watching the shit show from the sidelines and in practice, regardless of whatever is written (full disclosure, I haven't read it nor do I really want to because it looks like a really, really high bar), there appears to be no double dissolution procedures.
This is because you have someone with very clear mental impairment still sitting as President doing all sorts of nonsense such as going against the very constitution you all swear by.
Further, he lost the popular vote but still won the election. Absolutely astounding.
Military Leaders: Seriously he's fucking crazy. Batshit. We can't work with him at all. Period.
Corporate News: Military Leaders Suggest Trump is Not Doing Well
Military Leaders: Seriously he's fucking crazy. Batshit. We can't work with him at all. Period. But still, let's follow his orders and bomb innocent civilians and schoolgirls, the corrupt fascist pedophile is the commander in chief afterall.
FTFY.
They’ve always killed innocent children no matter who was President, why would they stop now?
Yeah they have all the power, they could just coup him if they actually cared.
And are concerned… lol
They said the same thing about Hitler, he still managed to genocide millions. But far be it from Western society to learn from the past, no we erase it and pretend it never happened.
Nah they learned from the past. They took notes.
Lol what the fuck are you talking about? Have you seen any pictures of the protests here?
Countless people are aware, and literally screaming it not only at passerby's, but also at the actual fascists roaming or streets (ICE).
"Western" workers are furious, and loud right now. Why would you belittle that effort? Why downplay the struggle taking place, that is claiming the lives of those who care enough to stand up against this?
The people trying, and failing, to erase this are called conservatives. They are republicans, MAGA, and/or Christofascists. Name and shame, everyone.
Sorry, but the US 'protests' are a joke. You don't protest by dancing and cosplaying in front of a camera. You protest by shutting down infrastructure, in a peaceful but organised and disciplined manner, until your demands are satisfied.
I understand that there are limits to real protest in the US, and of course it would be silly to demand that anyone risk being shot. But don't call a party a 'protest'.
Comments like this are useless
Have you seen the protests we display on the weekends when the weather is nice? Huh? The us protester...
Shutdown the economy you dummies. Protest when it hurts where it hurts. Are there any consequences for these protests? Or are you just hoping people will finally change their minds and stop voting for single stupid issues like laughs weird and other bullshit
You're clearly a child who has never known responsibility or hunger. Let the adults talk and work on this one.
Ok buddy! You do you. To be honest if US wasn't that important for global order I wouldn't care at all. But your stupid decisions affect everyone and we are looking at your choices and we cannot figure out what was in your head when you put this orange turd president for the second time...
Racism Misogyny Christianity
Same reasons as the first time.
Quick questions from someone who wants sane government to return some stability to the world, and begin prosecutions on Trump and his fuck-knuckles:
What have the protests accomlpished so far? What's changed because of them?
Honest questions!
The people trying, and failing, to erase this are called conservatives. They are republicans, MAGA, and/or Christofascists. Name and shame, everyone.
The people who are trying to erase this are everyone who goes to their job as a cop, in the military, with ICE, anyone in the defense industry, anyone who enables the machine and everyone in their lives who do not hold them accountable.
that is certainly a way to interpret my comment
Dear military leaders, You swore an oath to protect the constitution from enemies foreign and domestic. Please go ahead and arrest this man, his cabinet, all Israeli backed politicians, ice, everyone in the Epstein files, all Mossad agents, everyone involved in Dodge and everyone involved in 4th amendment violating mass surveillance
Translation: Trump is ready to go nuclear and his fascist panel only want to play military ops to enrich themselves.
FOX: "Roll some B-footage of Trump at Mar-a-lago last year."
Someone should do the same for all of his duties.
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