On October 14, U.S. District Court Judge John J. Tharp, an Obama appointee, enjoined a new Illinois law that makes it illegal for out-of-state persons to contribute anything to the campaign of a judicial candidate. Chancey v Illinois State Board of Elections, n.d., 1:22cv-4043. Here is the opinion. Thanks to the Institute for Free Speech for the link.
Each State continues as a nation-state.
Internal elections – outside folks MYOB.
Ongoing perversion of USA 1 Amdt.
^same guy who says states are gerrymanders which should be abolished ^
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/house-tipping-point-districts/
The 10 Districts Most Likely To Decide Control Of The House
425of 435 mean ZERO — totally rigged ???
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APPV
TOTSOP
CNN has 19 of 435 being balance of gerrymander POWER.
BUT – brain dead NON-mention of resulting ANTI-Democracy minority rule –
1/2 or less votes x bare majority of rigged g areas = 1/4 or less CONTROL = gerrymander oligarchs = living dead GOLS.
Super-worse primary math — about 5-10 pct REAL control.
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CNN? FAKE NEWS
Az iz fake nooze.
As I have said before, I think that an electoral college is a great idea – for judicial elections.
Eveyy state could select a number of judicial electors – this could be either on the state or federal level – who would hold their position for a year or two, and vote on any judicial nominees. Less need for campaign advertising for judicial candidates.
How would the electors be chosen? That should be up to each state. IMO, judicial electors should be drawn at random from the pool of citizens who have actually served on a jury. This would provide some incentive for doing jury duty.
They should be chosen by their state legislature.