Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting

Re:Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting by coryrc on Friday February 28, 2025 @08:51PM (#43214685)

We need a constitutional convention to fix the legislative branch. People in Wyoming should not have 10x the representation as people in California. Without the complicity of the legislative branch Trump's power would be limited much more.

We need mixed-member districts and eliminate the senate<->state connection and/or repeal the 17th amendment. Bicameral is no longer suited for the world we live in.

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Re:Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting by tempestn on Saturday March 01, 2025 @03:53AM (#43217423)

Unfortunately short of a revolution, there is no realistic way to pass any kind of meaningful constitutional amendment in the US. And it's hard to imagine that fact changing, which makes me pessimistic for the long term future of the country.

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Re:Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting by coryrc on Saturday March 01, 2025 @06:18PM (#43225065)

Hence constitutional convention.

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Re:Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting by tempestn on Saturday March 01, 2025 @11:58PM (#43227497)

Sure, but how do you get agreement on that?

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Re:Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting by corey_moncure on Saturday March 01, 2025 @10:37PM (#43226998)

You can change the rules of the game, yes. Then we will simply be playing a different game, and strategies will update accordingly.

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