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In reply to the discussion: Democratic Reforms Held Hostage To Absurd Amendment Process [View all]onenote
(42,700 posts)44. It changed it by making the election of Senators more democratic.
I suspect your problem is that you see the Senate as an un-democratic institution because it gives equal representation to the states.
And that grows from your general opposition to the notion that the United States is, well, a collection of states with their own jurisdiction and powers, who have come together to form a union.
The United States isn't going to stop being a collection of states anytime soon. No state would voluntarily support giving up its individual scope of authority.
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'I have more respect for myself.' - apparently you don't as you appear to voluntarily live in one...
PoliticAverse
Dec 2016
#54
The GOP would pass an anti-flag burning amendment if they could streamline the process,
tblue37
Dec 2016
#39
It's fun to pretend someone holding a premise different than our own does so out of ignorance.
LanternWaste
Dec 2016
#37
I guess you have not read all the replies by the OP to others in the thread.
former9thward
Dec 2016
#38