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In reply to the discussion: As long as we're getting rid of monuments to slave owners, [View all]IronLionZion
(45,442 posts)41. That's why they like to incarcerate people who look like Democrats
ie minorities. We can try to get them on purging voter registrations of people who were not convicted of any crimes but just had a similar name or changed addresses or something innocent like that.
But mostly they really hate the first section of the 14th amendment because it gives me birthright citizenship. No matter how hard they argue about what "real Americans" look like, it doesn't change where I was born.
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Cue it up. Looooong overdue. Popular vote, paper trail, scanners that can't be hacked.
Evolve Dammit
Jun 2020
#9
14th amendment says we can take away electoral votes from some racially oppressive states
IronLionZion
Jun 2020
#10
the 14th Amendment unfortunately also created a MASSIVE disenfranchisement tool
Celerity
Jun 2020
#37
It will require a constitutional amendment which can drag on for years. nt
yellowdogintexas
Jun 2020
#33
The Electoral College was constructed to give more power to white southerners, out of proportion
WhiskeyGrinder
Jun 2020
#29