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Re:A Scenario Where Brexit Does Not Actually Happen by rtpg on Sunday June 26, 2016 @09:17AM (#11980625)
Europe has a strong tradition of ignoring EU referendum results.

The logic behind ignoring this one is pretty good too. Leaving the EU feels about the same scale as a constitutional ammendment in the US, and that requires 2/3rds gov't vote + 3/4ths state agreement.

Though this line of argument reeks both of moving the goalpost after the fact and "yeah the elite want to get what they want and ignore the voice of the people".

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Re:A Scenario Where Brexit Does Not Actually Happen by GunboatDiplomat on Sunday June 26, 2016 @01:59PM (#11981796)
Strictly, an amendment to the US Constitution requires 50% +1 of the voting population, spread sufficiently widely.
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