tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post8211615498803477842..comments2023-10-24T09:06:30.200-04:00Comments on No More Mister Nice Blog: Steve M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11963290427258439242noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-84797972944407223292013-07-21T01:57:15.379-04:002013-07-21T01:57:15.379-04:00Baker v. Carr and several subsequent cases threw o...Baker v. Carr and several subsequent cases threw out all the "area-based" undemocratic state senate allocations.<br /><br />The current corrupt Roberts court might approve of such things, but I don't think the People would tolerate it. <br /><br />The People are getting pretty angry about the US Senate's malapportionment already. The nine largest states have HALF of the national population... and 18% of the Senate seats.<br /><br />The fact that these states are split 50-50 between red and blue is preventing this from becoming a huge political issue, but when Texas turns blue, as demographers expect it to, it will become an enormous issue. <br /><br />Around the same time, other trends (basically, GOP nastiness) are going to turn Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Ohio blue again, along with NC and Virginia, and then the malapportionment of the Senate will become an unavoidably obvious sign of lack of democracy.<br /><br />Of course, by then democracy may have been abolished entirely in favor of the Imperial Presidency.... sigh...neroden@gmailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07475686367097445497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-31943118133295191512013-07-12T11:17:50.652-04:002013-07-12T11:17:50.652-04:00I agree with that, Yellow Dog. I can easily imagi...I agree with that, Yellow Dog. I can easily imagine the Roberts Court rejecting Court precedent on this.Steve M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11963290427258439242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-26416591935653947602013-07-12T10:53:39.279-04:002013-07-12T10:53:39.279-04:00This is the representation Molly Ivins used to cal...This is the representation Molly Ivins used to call "one cow, one vote." <br /><br />Back when we had a Supreme Court majority of judges rather than extremist ideologues, the Supreme Court declared any plan that was not one man, one voter unconstitutional. I don't see the current court having any problem disenfranchising urban populations.Yellow Doghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15340604354589650030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-15846354971105974872013-07-12T10:17:50.409-04:002013-07-12T10:17:50.409-04:00Secession and the formation of "new" sta...Secession and the formation of "new" states may be the only way to get new Republican Senators.Pallihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06610910291627363042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-37504625279335782062013-07-12T09:22:01.794-04:002013-07-12T09:22:01.794-04:00I mean, seriously - I presume the rest of Colorado...I mean, seriously - I presume the rest of Colorado would have to approve of this separation. And I know the rest of the country would have to approve of taking them on as a new state. Do these super-patriots even realize the most basic rudiments of how their country works?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16137423464577067869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-42612336124894788182013-07-12T09:17:27.483-04:002013-07-12T09:17:27.483-04:00I don't know how it is everywhere else but, th...I don't know how it is everywhere else but, the County Commissioners in our county believe themselves to be omnipotant...they only do for their supporters, and then punch the hippies...Bufordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09562503298407472200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-26463654487793339772013-07-12T08:16:47.667-04:002013-07-12T08:16:47.667-04:00"Fervor for a plan to carve northeastern Colo..."Fervor for a plan to carve northeastern Colorado into a 51st state has been cooled by legal barriers and a lack of public support ..."<br /><br />Oh, is that all? We can overcome those petty obstacles by COMPLAINING LOUDER!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16137423464577067869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-27025454449177045512013-07-12T06:18:55.567-04:002013-07-12T06:18:55.567-04:00Abolish the senate.Abolish the senate.Philo Vaihingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17150326435392881297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-86505317586322548142013-07-12T04:26:35.169-04:002013-07-12T04:26:35.169-04:00And the Originalists on our Supreme Court, if this...And the Originalists on our Supreme Court, if this area tried to form it's own state, or reapportion the vote, and it ended up in the courts, would fall back on this (from the Wiki, on 'Voting Rights'):<br />"When the country was founded, in most states, only white men with real property (land) or sufficient wealth for taxation were permitted to vote. Freed slaves could vote in four states. Unpropertied white men, women, and all other people of color were denied the franchise."<br /><br />So, if you rent, you might not be allowed to vote - or have your vote reduced to 3/5th's of a home/condo/coop-owner, farmer, or rancher.<br /><br />I'm kidding, of course.<br />I hope...<br />Too many things that I once thought were jokes, have come to fruition.Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06609452382111686086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-9779145875819441262013-07-12T00:17:28.648-04:002013-07-12T00:17:28.648-04:00A lot of states used to have senates with one sena...A lot of states used to have senates with one senator per county. In Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County's 2 million people had 1 senator, and counties that were mostly state forest and were home to 2,000 people each had a senator.<br /><br />The U.S Supreme Court threw out such county-based and acreage-based representation several decades ago.Superfluous Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14935534194246434873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-6959608677884558272013-07-11T23:18:26.511-04:002013-07-11T23:18:26.511-04:00Just like the jackwagons in Eastern Oregon/Washing...Just like the jackwagons in Eastern Oregon/Washington. Even though their very existence would be tenuous without the tax subsidies from the big cities to the west, they whine about not getting their way and block laws in the big cities that wouldn't even affect them.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01360948324883606169noreply@blogger.com