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Re:Judge refuses to reinstate Parler after Amazon shut it down by jki275 on Friday January 22, 2021 @12:13AM (#25868554)
They already have.

If the people don't want things to be that way, they can pass amendments to change it.

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Re:Judge refuses to reinstate Parler after Amazon shut it down by triceratops on Friday January 22, 2021 @12:17AM (#25868579)
They can't though. The states that would lose representation have the most incentive to block amendments. Amendments aren't done by referenda.
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Re:Judge refuses to reinstate Parler after Amazon shut it down by jki275 on Saturday January 23, 2021 @08:09PM (#25887804)
Amendments are done by the consent of 2/3s of the states, as is spelled out in the document that governs the union of such states.

If you don't want to call that a "referenda", I think you're incorrect, but it doesn't really matter.

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Re:Judge refuses to reinstate Parler after Amazon shut it down by triceratops on Sunday January 24, 2021 @08:43PM (#25898111)
States != people. People have to vote directly in order for it to be considered a referendum.
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Re:Judge refuses to reinstate Parler after Amazon shut it down by jki275 on Thursday January 28, 2021 @03:00PM (#25948152)
It's a referendum of the states, as was agreed to by the states when the union was formed.

It doesn't have to be people voting directly. It shouldn't be.

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