This is a followup to Let’s Do This: For Once Something Is Actually About States’ Rights. Either abolish the Senate or change the Constitution to make us a real federation. Let’s get really non-controversial: the only reason the Senate exists…
Let’s Do This: For Once Something Is Actually About States’ Rights
We have a history here in the United States of claiming that some … things … were about the rights of the states against the federal government when really they were about … something else. Yeah; that. This is not…
Setec Astronomy: Government By The [Redacted]
Can we (should we) trust anyone in the government with the ability to keep secrets from the citizens? No. Just, no. Restricting ourselves just to the current administration, for a moment, we know that they have classified records of embarassing…
I’m Not OK With This: Depending On Norms Is Dangerous
Norms can be nice; a lot of people like it when they can depend on other folks to just behave the same way they would. But they really don’t work in governments. Firstly, of course, a government that runs on…
Failed Constitution Check: Executive Oversight
Most Americans agree that the current federal Executive branch is out of control and the normal oversight mechanisms aren’t working. Most of those who disagree with that statement now would have agreed with it 4 years ago … This is…