[Vendome]

“Our Framers needed some sixty votes to arrive at their brilliant Electoral College. “

Not,To argue the point but, that is the standard today but, not the standard then, as it has always been a 2/3rds requirement and the ascent of the several states, during that time, required 9 states in the affirmative

[aspasia]

Not much chat here, but since you posted, the Queen of England has stepped in at the request of PM Boris Johnson to prorogue Parliament. (You know, "democratic" plotters are seeking by referendum to do away with that pesty British monarch, in perpetuum).

August 28, 2019 should be noted by all FR political scientist and monarchists as remarkable, considering the inherent dangers that democracies lead to. De Tocqueville made this clear in his chapters, "What sort of despotism have democratic nations to fear?"