Comment by shoshinatl on 03/02/2025 at 16:33 UTC

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View submission: Senator's 'flatly unconstitutional' proposal would lock in Republican control of chamber for years • Minnesota Reformer

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I agree that there were some bold actions they didn't take because of precedent, etc. But they didn't take all of the actions they could've, like say, making it unconstitutional for a felon to run for office (seem like table stakes) and gutting the electoral college as much as possible without constitutional amendments.

If they did take every action they could, then this country's form of government is absolute crap.

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Comment by zoinkability at 03/02/2025 at 16:38 UTC*

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making it unconstitutional for a felon to run for office

A constitutional amendment needs a 2/3 vote in both the House and Senate, and then 3/4 of the states to ratify. Please do tell me how that would have been possible to achieve in 2021/22. The only value would have been the political benefit of making it a national issue, because there is zero chance it could have happened during Biden's time.