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Re:The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Gov... by jakelazaroff on Monday February 03, 2025 @03:42PM (#42922800)
Why are they operating illegally, then? If "the will of the people" is unified enough to change the Constitution, why not… do that?
Re:The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Gov... by ryandrake on Monday February 03, 2025 @03:58PM (#42923011)
Why go through all the trouble of amending the Constitution when you can just do whatever you want because nobody's going to stop you? Suppose Trump declared himself king tomorrow. Who with any power is going to push back? It doesn't matter if it's against the law if nobody cares about the law.
Re:The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Gov... by jakelazaroff on Monday February 03, 2025 @04:09PM (#42923164)
I was responding to this:

> Playing devil's advocate - but the people asked for this, right? Isn't it time to amend the constitution then?

> The will of people is the ultimate judge, isn't it?

Re:The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Gov... by dekhn on Monday February 03, 2025 @04:31PM (#42923498)
Amendments require approval of 3/4 of states and there are still enough states to vote against. Also what amendment, specifically? That Trump can be president more times? Exert more power? Eliminate opposing political parties? Legislate pi to be 3?
Re:The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Gov... by beAbU on Monday February 03, 2025 @05:10PM (#42923963)
Is constitutional referendums also managed on a FPTP electoral system?
Re:The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Gov... by jakelazaroff on Monday February 03, 2025 @04:44PM (#42923634)
Yes, that is my point.