How would you separate states? This proposal changes DC and could probably be performed much faster than separating existing states.
Haven't read the article yet but I think splitting existing states would be more difficult than splitting DC like the article proposes.
This is where I am just right off the bat. It's a novel idea but sets a very dangerous precedent and, no matter the noble intentions, would feel very much like a dirty trick.
The goal of this isn't to warp the Senate, it's to kill it.
I mean also just the basic moral problem of fundamentaly changing the nature of the US government without the consent of a super majority of Americans, as our plan of government pretty clearly demands.
The current nature of our government allows for a government by the minority which the GOP is trying to turn into permanent power for themselves. Going in and editing it so that there's actual majority rule with the removal of the EC and Senate and making sure the same play can't be re-run after (i.e., proportional representation on future decisions) would be fine, the problem is getting Senators onboard doing it in the first place.
I can't really agree, even if I would be overjoyed with the end result.
Have you ever looked at the composition of the D-controlled Senate seats vs R-ones? Population wise?
If you could show me 67% of Americans support this plan, I could possibly see coming around on it.
The Senate Dems, in the minority, currently represent 56% of the US.
Yeah you see by that point if senate minority dems represent 67% of the country than we probably dont have a democratic government anymore and nothing will change. What a silly barrier to entry that number is. And it's arguing against more direct representation of the people as well.
2/3 is the amount of Congress required to get a constitutional amendment passed.
