Re: More legislative shenanigans by Al Carlson
Originally Posted by
gabisonfan
I am certain the rural states would want the people in the major cities to determine issues pertaining to them. Oh wait we do, it's called the House of Representatives.
Sorry, but the amount of land you’re surrounded by shouldn’t get you extra voting power.
Also, our system, roughly speaking, gives each legislative body and the executive a veto over the others so the House of Representatives can do precisely nothing by itself. Effectively, we are governed by the least representative body not the most (which is arguably the court, now and not even the senate, but that’s a whole other thing).
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