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Re: Santorum Fails In His Effort To Pervert The Constitution
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Thu, 22 Jul 2004 21:05:07 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, John Neal wrote:
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And in California and Massachusetts, but it’s still illegal.
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That’s only true because the state law supercedes the local law. California
also ruled that it’s legal to prescribe medicinal marijuana, but it’s still a
federal offense to do so.
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Change comes when the majority decide it should change, not a tiny
minority.
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Change rarely requires a true majority in the US legal system. Once you get
elected, you’re free to ignore the wishes of your electorate. Besides, the only
vote that’s open to the entire US voting pool is the Presidential election, and
the Electoral College is perfectly capable of superceding the popular vote. If
you get 100% of the popular vote for 49% of the electoral vote and 49% of the
popular vote for 51% of the electoral vote, you’ve clearly won the popular vote,
but the guy with the 51% will win the election. Also, many states don’t require
that their electoral votes be case in favor of their popular vote, so the
popular vote is merely a formality in those states anyways.
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