I just checked and the Republicans currently hold 29 state legislatures. They only need 34.
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She’s a cycle or two from becoming a true force on the left although she hasn’t done a bad job up to now. I just cannot stand Collins, especially now since I live in the state.
You need 38 states to change the constitution. Of course, if you get all those votes and change it, then it won’t be a coup and Trump having a third term or US becoming an absolute monarchy would be perfectly legal. Until then, it is just being paranoid (or in Caf’s case, shitting on the US for no particular reason).
Also the amendment needs to pass in both congress chambers by a supermajority.
Obama stepmother was indonesians if i recall correctly, he also spent a few years here.
Doesnt mean much at the end of the day, no preferential treatment of anything
You need 2/3rds. Why would 2/3rds of 50 be 38?
Obviously because you need 3/4, not 2/3. You need 2/3 of states (or both chambers of the congress) to propose an amendment (though states have never used this right and every amendment has been proposed by the congress), but then in each case the amendment needs to be ratified by 3/4 of the states.
That's not 100% true. Amendments can also be sent by congress to 'state ratifying conventions for ratification'.
Seriously there's been a lot of analysis about this, and if you think its all just fearmongering then you're not paying enough attention. The constitution is far too vague on this stuff, and if that 34 state number is ever reached you might find you have a very massive problem on your hands.
As the Washington Post put it back in 2017:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opin...d5b76a-197d-11e7-855e-4824bbb5d748_story.html
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To be fair, the article looks a bit of doom-mongering.
It starts well, even with:
And then it says that they might decide to just you know not to require 3/4 of the votes (as is written in the constitution), cause I guess why not.
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he'd never have the guts to tell an interviewer he should take a cocaine test
bernie is a wasteman clown
You're too involved, with too many previous grievances, to moderate these threads.
I'm frankly a little disappointed it took you this long to this strongly disavow Bernie @Eboue
You’re right - I should have let you continue posting Alex Jones level conspiracy crap without asking you to stop.
It's a reasonable opinion that you happen to disagree with. Calling it "Alex Jones level conspiracy crap" just proves his point.
You’re right Eboue. It’s obvious that a soft coup is the most likely inevitability here.
You keep doing it. Proving that you can't handle disagreement because of personal vendettas.
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This "logic" makes absolutely no sense.
CR: "Your conspiracy theory makes no sense."
Eboue: "See, by denying his reasonable conspiracy theory you are proving the conspiracy exists!"
I can do it to:
Donald Trump is made of paper mache and cheeto dust. It is quite likely that if he gets caught in the rain he will turn into a pile of cheese flavored pulp. It could happen.
What conspiracy was I suggesting? I don't recall that.
you misread what eboue is saying by quite a distance
The one where Trump decides to get a third mandate which unambiguously breaks the constitution and where everyone is ok with that.
FFS, he is a useful clown for some GOP people, not Emperor Palpatine.
Who is conspiring there? Thinking a power mad person will disobey rules and society will allow it, is not suggesting a conspiracy.
Having a low opinion of Trump and the United States' ability to inhibit authoritarians has nothing to do with lizard people or whatever else.
Normally when I have stuff to work on at night I turn CNN on and let it run, it's a nice mix of white noise and some interesting segments at times. I've probably had the tv on for the last 5 hours and they didn't have one single person saying anything remotely negative about Harris.
Of course it's not like Fox making stuff up, but it's scarily biased for a news channel that claims to be neutral.
Of course it's not like Fox making stuff up, but it's scarily biased for a news channel that claims to be neutral.
yeah thats not remotely what I said
You are making a conspiracy theory that has only slightly more chances on happening as lizard people being true.
I see this thread is full of fun and games again...
Come on. You can't do this when you're supposed to be moderating a thread. This is just silly.
I'm sure you're fine in the football forums and elsewhere but you're very in to this stuff, like me, like Eboue, who would also make terrible moderators of these threads.
Take a few steps back or stick to the places you're less intense.
He is Eboue
She's bogus.. we dont have any suicide bombers ffs...unless you count the idlis as bombs
i think it's a LTTE reference
A man can't joke around here...I know the LTTE reference man ffs
But imma throw a party in tamil nadu for komala
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