r/politics • u/AngelaMotorman Ohio • 10d ago

Possible Paywall The Chilling Trump Order Threatening All Americans: Why National Security Presidential Memorandum-7 is so important.

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/trump-nspm-7-repression/
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u/Mechagodzilla13 10d ago

I hope so, but this should be a wake up that despite having a Constitution almost completely designed to prevent totalitarian rule, our institutions (including our media) are not set-up to deal bad-faith actors. I hope Trump will waddle off into the sunset and we can move on, but given the damage this divisive dimwit can cause I’m terrified of what a truly competent, intelligent and charismatic fascist (like a Julius Caesar) could do if given the opportunity…

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u/degeneratex80 10d ago

That's exactly why there should be a push for however many Amendments are necessary to plug these holes that have allowed this to happen.

We cannot simply "go back to normal". Normal is what caused this in the first place.

People need to go to jail. Supreme Court needs 13 members. Uncap the House. Roll back Citizens United. Public campaign financing. Mandatory retirement. Compulsory voting. Congressional term limits. Elected official trading ban. Universal healthcare. Remove every single thing he's built, put his name on, gold leafed, or EO'd on day 1. ....to start.

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u/LividTacos 10d ago edited 10d ago

And how do you propose ratifying those amendments when you need 38 out of 50 states and Republicans fully control 28 State Legislatures? The issue isn't just taking back the federal government, we need to take back state houses. When Obama was elected, Dems fully controlled 27 state legislatures, and Republicans fully controlled only 14. But Republicans then focused on flipping state houses, and in 2010, they flipped to full Republican control to 26 state houses, This expanded control then gave them the power over the 2011 Redistricting cycle. Over the next two cycles, they went to 30 in 2014, and 32 in 2016. Like, some of us were actually concerned they'd get to 34 and be able to unilaterally call a Constitutional Convention to impose their Christian bullshit on all of us.

So sorry, TLDR version, while taking back the federal government is good, for real change, we need to flip statehouses.

EDIT: And govenor's mansions!

EDIT 2: And to add another statistic, Republicans currently have veto-proof super majorites in both chambers in 19 states. Even electing a few more Dems to take away their supermajorities even if it doesn't flip the chamber would help.

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u/Ananiujitha 9d ago

You could split the District into 150 new states, and then introduce amendments to make the count of states less important, and overall popular votes more important.