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To: Former Military Chick

NY Times vs. the Constitution BUMP

Let's do away with state lines while we are at it. No need to give every state (including Rhode Island and Alaska) 2 Senators. Why do we need 50 governors'? With the federal courts dictating laws to the states, let's just get the whole shebang overwith...


33 posted on 08/28/2004 11:58:14 PM PDT by weegee (YOU could have been aborted, and you wouldn't have had a CHOICE about it.)
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To: weegee

I think this is where someone would inject the "slippery slope" theory.

Excellent post.


47 posted on 08/29/2004 12:05:56 AM PDT by Former Military Chick (I previously posted under Military Chick)
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To: weegee; Former Military Chick
No need to give every state (including Rhode Island and Alaska) 2 Senators.

States used to distribute state senate districts based on geography.
The ill-advised SCOTUS 1964 Baker vs Carr decision ended that.
I'm am certain the NYTimes loved it.

56 posted on 08/29/2004 12:13:05 AM PDT by TeleStraightShooter (Sorry Kerry, you're 3 decimal places adrift: 3,000,000 not 3,000 "displaced"/murdered SE Asians)
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