Rules for a constitutional crisis

Posted by Tomte on Monday January 30, 2017 @02:07PM
from the medium.com dept.

https://medium.com/@lessig/rules-for-a-constitutional-crisis-f236e3284fbe#.skvluffht

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Re:Rules for a constitutional crisis by sharemywin on Monday January 30, 2017 @04:25PM (#13525181)

I think moderate republicans thought that gerrymandering districts would tilt things there direction and give them more power. What it's done is given immense power to 30% of the population that can ignore the left and have put fear in the moderates that they'll be replaced if they don't get in line.

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Re:Rules for a constitutional crisis by PaulHoule on Monday January 30, 2017 @02:50PM (#13524392)

"Party vs Country" is a wrong analysis. When the choice you have is between Thatcherism and Blairism (both of which ignore the interests of the 99%) it is natural that people pick the National Front.

Suppress the left and overfund the right for too long and you get facism.

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Re:Rules for a constitutional crisis by sharemywin on Monday January 30, 2017 @04:27PM (#13525195)

I think the current dynamic is more "My job" versus "Country"

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Re:Rules for a constitutional crisis by jacoblsievers on Monday January 30, 2017 @04:04PM (#13524996)

I think the point is that to a certain degree Parties have created this artificial binary.

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