On November 22, the Oregon government filed this brief in Linthicum v Wagner, 6:23cv-1624. This is the lawsuit over the Oregon law that won’t let legislators file for re-election if they have too many unexcused absences.
On November 22, the Oregon government filed this brief in Linthicum v Wagner, 6:23cv-1624. This is the lawsuit over the Oregon law that won’t let legislators file for re-election if they have too many unexcused absences.
ANTI-DEMOCRACY MINORITY RULE SYSTEMS IN ALL 50 STATE LEGIS.
GOING TO AN OR SPORTS / MOVIE / SHOW EVENT AN EXCUSE NOT TO BE IN GERRYMANDER CHAMBER ???
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P-A-T
EXCUSE ALSO POSSIBLE FROM GERRYMANDER HACK’S DADA/MAMA/KIDS/OTHER RELATIVES ???
OR EVEN DNC/RNC SUPER-HACKS ???
Have they considered the possibility that the constituents of those reps might actually prefer that they boycott the sessions?
Yes, and obviously they don’t care. This is what happens when communists get enough political power in any state or country. It’s why I call for so many stringent measures to prevent it from ever happening anywhere.
On November 7th, I wrote:
“Doesn’t Sinn Fein run candidates that boycott the UK Parliament because they don’t want to be part of the UK?”
It’s an analogy.
However,
“Oregon voters approved [the unexcused absence rule in 2022] with 68 percent of the vote, including majorities in 34 of 36 counties.”
That’s pretty strong…
There are strong regional differences within Oregon. Eastern Oregon would love to secede and join Idaho or be their own state, but that’s probably a pipe dream, because commies don’t give up territory or tax revenue voluntarily, and the unfortunate folks east of the mountains can’t secede from Oregon without their permission, plus the federal government’s on top of that. A lot of people are not in a position to move to another state, no matter how much they hate being stuck under a government that wants to control every little thing and take as much of their money as possible. The fact that there have already been successful secession votes in multiple counties in Oregon should tell you something.
ANY RED CHINA CASH FOR SECESSION FOLKS IN OR ???
That’s an obvious troll moron question.
Why would Red China want to help conservative patriots in Oregon secede from progressive communist oppression? How would that possibly help their interests?
Even if it somehow would, it would be a waste of money. Even the Red Chinese couldn’t print, extort, or steal enough money to convince their fellow fascist commies in Eugene and DC to sign off on it.
Even if it were in their interests and somehow possible, it would be extremely unlikely that anyone who knew about it would be here.
Even if it was in their interests, not a total waste of money, and the illegal influence peddling was so poorly concealed that someone who knew about it would somehow end up here, why would they tell you, and if they did, how would anyone know if they are just another troll moron just like AZ, or perhaps the same troll moron as AZ?
For all these reasons, it’s obvious only a troll moron could ask such a question.
Yet another reason it’s obvious: AZ is a troll moron.
QED.
Perhaps if voters in Oregon had a”Npne of the Above” option on the ballot that actually vacated the position, then they could choose not to send any reps at all.
Even in the Soviet Union, a voter could chose to cross out the name of a candidate that they didn’t like, and if a majority would do that in a race, no one would get elected from that constituency. In a perverse kind of way, the Soviets actually had a “None of the Above” option.
Certain representatives may want to selectively protest through absences and exercise their rights as representatives through participation at other times, and certain voters may want representatives who will use discretion to make those decisions, as opposed to just electing to have no representation. Those voters may well be geographically grouped, giving them a number of majority minority districts.
Since they are not a protected minority class and there’s no judicial remedy for ideological minorities, they are probably a long shot, but good luck in their quixotic quest to seek equal protection under the law.
LGB–
GOP ABSENTEE OR FOLKS ARE CLAIMING 1 AMDT RIGHT NOT TO BE IN LEGIS BODY —
SO MUCH FOR REALLY OLDE QUORUM STUFF — 1-5-1 ???
They’re claiming their membership right to not validate specific legislative days by participating. That’s entirely different from not being members of the body. Withdrawing participation temporarily, in protest or to force a quorum call resulting in lack of quorum, are parliamentary traditions.
The right to permanently leave the body and no longer count toward quorum is a right also, but a different one. I don’t know what the numbers refer to. If it’s 151 proof rum, such concentration of ethanol hasn’t suited my tastes since college or shortly thereafter. It was good for trying to make very young women pretend to be impressed by juvenile lighter tricks, as well as to be drunker than they actually were, a well recognized Greek American mating call.