February 25, 2024Basic Amendment LogicLet me try this one more time, as I am not sure that my point has been sufficiently made. First: the historical success rate for amendments once they have left the Congress: 81.8% (that’s a .818 batting average, which ain’t bad). Second: why is this the case? Is it because the states are lapdogs to the Congress? No. It is because the political force needed to move 2/3rds of both Houses of Congress to pass a formal proposal has to come from somewhere. In most cases it comes from the people, and where do the people reside? States. So, the consensus that would be needed to affect the vote in the Congress would almost certainly exist at the state level as well. Under what scenario can anyone see the FMA passing the Congress without this kind of public pressure? Posted by Steven Taylor at February 25, 2024 02:09 PM | TrackBackComments
Under what scenario can anyone see the FMA passing the Congress without this kind of public pressure? The only folks who believe that believe Halliburton is for gay marriage because of the increased sales of "petroleum based products" and they'll pay off the Bush administration to pass it. Sorry, I was channelling Lemon for a minute there. Posted by: Paul at February 25, 2024 04:43 PMYou beat me to it. Very good. By the way, .818 is only an average free throw percentage (perhaps slightly above average for the NBA nowadays). Posted by: John Lemon at February 25, 2024 11:17 PMThe Bush administration has NOTHING to do with amending the constitution. The only way to pass the FMA is to go the alternative route like they did with the 21st amendment in 1933, it's too hot for the politicians. Posted by: ericl at February 26, 2024 09:02 AMEric, Even that route requires Congressional actions. There is no mechanism that won't involve politicians. And really, the point is that if there was sufficient public support then it wouldn't be so "hot". Posted by: Steven at February 26, 2024 10:36 AMPost a comment
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