I refer you to Haga's Law: Organization begets anxiety. Anxiety begets the urge to organize.
The entire process could be codified in a manual referred to in the Constitution.
No way.
Right. But then you get into the hair splitting of original intent and the public’s lack of trust in the judiciary — no legal ruling can heal the wound.
Don't you see the paradox between what you just said and what you said before?
I don't think that, in this age of information, any of this needs codification at all.
Profound points. I need to study that post at length.
I think your post ‘nailed it’ — state legislators will never go for the idea.
Which means ...
The Cruz Eligibility Amendment isn’t going anywhere.
But ...
Symbolic gestures still matter.
Promoting the amendment corners cynical Cruz-critics and allows this forum to heal a little.
I agree with the paradox. We need informed voters more than anything else. But we have to work with the low-info voters we have. Paradox.