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Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) introduced two bills on Thursday, one to eliminate the electoral college and the other to prohibit presidents from pardoning themselves or their family members.
A press release from Cohen's office stated that the "senior member of the House Judiciary Committee, introduced two Constitutional Amendments today on the opening day of the new Congress. The first would eliminate the Electoral College and provide for the direct election of the President and Vice President of the United States. The second would limit the presidential pardon power by prohibiting presidents from pardoning themselves, members of their families, members of their administrations and their campaign staff."
"In two presidential elections since 2000, including the most recent one in which Hillary Clinton won 2.8 million more votes than her opponent, the winner of the popular vote did not win the election because of the distorting effect of the outdated Electoral College," Cohen said. "Americans expect and deserve the winner of the popular vote to win office. More than a century ago, we amended our Constitution to provide for the direct election of U.S. Senators. It is past time to directly elect our President and Vice President.”
Great idea. The electoral college is a system that doesn't make sense anymore given our increasingly urban population. One person, one vote. The concept seems pretty simple to me. Besides, if Congress believes eliminating it is a bad idea, the bill will fail and it won't matter anyway.
Great idea. The electoral college is a system that doesn't make sense anymore given our increasingly urban population. One person, one vote. The concept seems pretty simple to me. Besides, if Congress believes eliminating it is a bad idea, the bill will fail and it won't matter anyway.
Yes, let the people who live in places with dookey and needles all over the sidewalks rule over the rest of us.
On day one!? These people are extremely dangerous. They want our entire system of government overturned and some new collectivist top down model implemented. Thank god the courts will be conservative for a while to stop this madness.
"Americans expect and deserve the winner of the popular vote to win office."
No we don't. We expect the sovereignty of the States to be respected as the Electoral College intended. The House represents the people proportionately and the Senate represents the States equally. It is a thing of beauty balancing the interests of the people as a whole and the States.
Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) introduced two bills on Thursday, one to eliminate the electoral college and the other to prohibit presidents from pardoning themselves or their family members.
I agree with the second part. Why should a criminal organization like Individual 1 and his mob family get to slime their way out of justice? They shouldn't be immune from being prosecuted like everyone else. This is the first time America has to take a serious look at this issue.
No we don't. We expect the sovereignty of the States to be respected as the Electoral College intended. The House represents the people proportionately and the Senate represents the States equally. It is a thing of beauty balancing the interests of the people as a whole and the States.
Civics 101. Unfortunately it got replaced with "social studies."
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