Posted on 03/06/2014 5:05:02 PM PST by Bogey78O
I do have to agree with the Anti-Gerrymandering Amendment!!!
I think the only criteria should be city or county lines. For multiple districts within a city, the lines should follow natural land borders or be straight.
What so many lefties miss is that the worst gerrymandered districts are the ones created for minority democrats.
How about we have a computer program that can generate districts that have short boundaries, and avoid putting too many people into districts with far-flung populations when there are closer populations they should be grouped with (I think the logarithm would be to minimize the sum of the distances of each voter from the center of area of his district, or better still from the center of population of his district.
Add some randomness, run 1001 versions for each state. Let the Democrats toss out 500, and the republicans toss out 500. Better still, just pick the one that minimizes the distance of voters from the population center. (One could make it computationally easier by assuming all voters live at the center of area of their zip code, and then doing this based on zip code populations).
I'd say that the mask is off: it is now plain to anyone that there is no difference between the Democrat and Republican party… oh, the Republican party may claim they're on our side, but ask yourself this: what has the opposition party
really honestly and vigorously opposed from the Democrat's agenda?
common sensegun-control like we have now&hallip; and
traditional/
long-standingrestrictions like the GCA prohibited persons.
IN THE GRIM DARKNESS OF THE FAR FUTURE THERE IS ONLY GOVERNMENT.
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How about for “Sovereign Immunity”, say “Illegitimate actions can by definition form no part of any government agent’s legitimate duties. Federal government personnel may be exempted from state laws only when they are making a good faith effort to act legitimately; efforts to abide by the Constitution “just enough” to avoid censure shall not be considered “good faith”.
Since Franklin Roosevelt, the “progressive” media had a veto on any supreme court appointment who was not “progressive” enough, not to mention that the American Bar, dominated by “progressives” has been allowed a veto as well.
Most Republican Presidents have been careful to keep within those guidlines.
The problem is not the parties, it is the media. That is where the real power lies.
The Republicans are terrified of the old media, and this administration has greater collusion with it, whether voluntarily, or through extortion and blackmail, than at any other time in our history, except perhaps during WWII.
I admit, there is little separation, if any, between the Democrats and the old media. They are completely entertwined.
Hmm, I feel like I’m being quoted.
Anyway, #1 should be: All old and retired senile judges by any standard should keep their mouths shut. It scares the children.
It scares everyone else who wants to keep our freedom.
I'm going to disagree; I think the problem really is the parties: take a look at the NSA's domestic spying — a lot of people, probably a supermajority by now, have at least serious misgivings about the agency. It would be a serious win to seriously push even legal restrictions, if not completely dissolving the agency, and yet the GOP just rolled over on the issue.
Yes, but think of the children.
That they should inherit a free society.
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