Last Thusday, a Florida Judge ruled that partisan gerrymandering violated the state’s constitution. This brought at least a little attention back to the fact that the only reason why Republicans maintained their majority in the House of Representatives in the 2012 elections is because of partisan gerrymandering. That year, Republicans won a majority in the House,…
Ever since the Snowden revelations came out, I’ve been thinking we need to have an official procedure for justifying classified information. A few weeks ago, I came up with one, or at least a starting point. I propose that Congress pass a law allowing the President, or a government agency under the President, to classify information…
During the government shutdown, two articles, both written by Ian Millhiser, appeared on the website ThinkProgress. These articles offered two different suggestions for preventing future government shutdowns. One suggestion comes from Canada’s system of government, the other from Chile’s system of government. The Canadian Model As I stated in a previous post, Canada has special elections…
The government shut down has often been spoken of as a “hostage situation” and an “act of terrorism”, and rightfully so, in my opinion. With the shutdown and the looming debt ceiling, the GOP tactics could be summed up as “Give us what we want or the U.S. economy gets it!” What should President Obama…
In my last post, “The Four Biggest Issues America Faces”, I stated the two best proposed amendments for overturning Citizens United could be found at movetoamend.org and reclaimdemocracy.org. On Sunday, August 25, however, I came across a proposed amendment, written by Paul Westlake, on the Amendment Gazette. It’s called the “Human Rights Amendment” and I have to…
There’s a lot of problems we Americans face. From voter suppression to the NSA spying on us (or at least their ability to) to global warming, we have so many problems, I personally feel overwhelmed by them. A lot of our problems, however, fall under four major issues, at least in my opinion, and these…
