After losses in Arkansas in 2022 and Ohio in 2023, the Republican Party is at it again, this time in Missouri, in an attempt to make citizen initiatives to amend the State Constitution harder to pass.
Here is a detailed analysis of the proposed constitutional amendment, along with a history of direct democracy in Missouri, from the Missouri Independent.
The US is not a democracy you retard.
Another far left article. FAKE NEWS
Hey, maybe this Bill Redpath newbie has a pathological hatred toward Republicans
Bill Redpath is a communist. He loves Nick Sarwark.
A-L-L 50 STATE LEGIS =
ANTI-DEMOCRACY MINORITY RULE OLIGARCHIES SINCE 1776.
1/2 OR LESS VOTES X 1/2 RIGGED CRACKED/PACKED GERRYMANDER DISTS = 1/4 OR LESS CONTROL.
SUPER-WORSE EXTREMIST MINORITY RULE CAUCUS/PRIMARY/CONVENTION MATH.
BRAIN DEAD MEDIA, LAW PROFS, POLI-SCI PROFS, HISTORY PROFS, MATH PROFS, JUDGE HACKS, GERRYMANDER CASE LAWYERS.
ROT CARRIED OVER FROM BRIT HOUSE OF COMMONS GERRYMANDER DISTS/MATH SINCE LATE 1200S.
MINORITY RULE GERRYMANDER SYSTEMS IN USA H REPS / USA SENATE / USA EC
RESULT — MONARCH / OLIGARCH EXECS / JUDGES WITH THEIR LEGIS ORDERS / OPINIONS = TYRANTS
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PR
APPV
TOTSOP
Dave is absolutely right. The Founding Founders made this country a Repuplic. The word “democracy” is not mention in the Declaration Of Independance, the Articles Of Confederation, or the United States Constitution.
@Dave
You are right that the US is not a democracy, it’s a republic. But what about each state? Many states give their citizens the powers of Initiative, Referendum, and/or Recall. Those are democratic powers that bypass the republican government. My Blue state doesn’t have these powers.
*In my Blue state, people don’t have these powers. You get the point
4-4 REPUBLICAN *FORM* OF GOVT = MAJORITY RULE GOVT = DEMOCRACY
NOOOO ROTTED MINORITY RULE MONARCHY/OLIGARCHY REGIMES AS IN MOST OF EUROPE IN 1787.
SCOTUS — BRAIN DEAD IGNORANT ON THE ISSUE IN 1962-1964 GERRYMANDER CASES AND SINCE.
Constitutional amendments should always require some sort of super majority. They are not ordinary laws.
However, it should be easy to actually put them on the ballot. Let all the proposed Constitutional amendments go on the ballot in a process that is no more restrictive than for an initiative for an ordinary law. BUT always require some sort of super majority for them to be approved as part of any Constitution.
Good for the Republican Party. Direct democracy is bad for the Republic.
Adam Cerini, no state had any of them until the late 19th century. It’s not part of our original design. The arguments used to justify their passage in various states have not been borne out by the reality.
Walter Ziobro, why should it be easy, or even possible, to put them on the ballot? Results appear to be generally worse than the legislative process, however imperfect that is. Specialization and division of labor/tasks makes logical sense. Therefore, it should be impossible to put them on the ballot, or failing that, as difficult as possible.
States should get rid of voter initiated legislation and constitutional amendments.
LOTS OF FATAL ROT IN *ORIGINAL* DESIGNS OF REGIMES.
LONG/SHORT TIMES FOR ROT TO BE MASS FATAL.
ROME — ABOUT 500 YEARS TO FATAL EMPIRE ROT
GERMANY — 1919-1933 — MERE 14 YEARS TO FATAL ROT
USA –2024-1776 = 248 YEARS TO FATAL ROT
The original design of American Founding Patriarchy is the closest to achieving peace, liberty and prosperity in world history. Subsequent revisions have “progressively” approached Bolshevik tyranny.
The founders no doubt got some things wrong, but warning and staying away from, and building wise guardrails against, direct mobocracy and lynch mob government was most assuredly not one of those.