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To: cotton1706
"SB 228 changes that appointment process in key ways. Most notably, it requires the governor to pick a temporary successor who shares the same political party as the departing senator. It also makes them select that person from a list of three names provided by the executive committee of the departing senator's state party"

That law is unconstitutional, or it should be.

No laws establishing one (or two) political parties have any place in a representative republic (but they are a perfect fit for "our democracy").

15 posted on 03/23/2023 8:41:07 AM PDT by Jim Noble (You have sat too long for any good you have been doing)
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To: Jim Noble

Not sure I follow. If he was a Libertarian or a Green Party member, then one of those would be chosen.

Don’t see this as an R and D thing only (though practically speaking it is).


30 posted on 03/23/2023 8:45:50 AM PDT by FLNittany (Autotune is jealous of Karen Carpenter)
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To: Jim Noble

“No laws establishing one (or two) political parties have any place in a representative republic”

Not only that, the Founding Fathers deeply opposed parties which they termed “passions”.


53 posted on 03/23/2023 8:58:02 AM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
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