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  • Pennomi
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    613 days ago

    Constitutional amendments also have to be ratified by the states. That’s not trivial.

    • @andrewta@lemmy.world
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      While it is a big standard that it has to be ratified by the states. What a lot of people don’t realize is the citizens do not get to vote on a constitutional amendment for the United States. It’s the legislators. The citizens get absolutely zero say. Didn’t know this until just a couple of months ago I actually thought it was the people who voted on it. Now let’s look at the political map of the United States. Do the Republicans hold more legislative houses in the states or did the Democrats? And how big of a percentage split does a given state have to have?

      What I mean is, for example North Dakota, that legislative house, the Senate and the House of Representatives, how many senators have to vote in favor of to get it to pass for North Dakota? How many representatives have to favor in favor for pass for North Dakota?

      Is there enough Republicans in that state in both the house and the Senate that would vote in favor this?

      Now look at each state look at the difference in between Democrats and Republicans in each state.

      I don’t know if we’re at the point yet where they could get The needed majority, I literally have not counted the Republicans in each state… But it would be an interesting question.

      • Pennomi
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        Yeah, you need 38 states to ratify it. If we go by governors (so I don’t have to do a ton of research, but it’s probably representative of legislatures), only 27 states are Republican controlled. Good fucking luck getting a partisan amendment through.