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by JumpCrisscross 116 days ago
> unless the eiu or others follow suit it would be less meaningful

Even if they do it's book reports.

> On the senate conviction, my point is that only 33 senators need to oppose a conviction to stop it

Yes. The bar is high for removing an elected executive. That's not a sign of not being a democracy.
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galangalalgol 116 days ago
We got too deep in the tree. Nixon could have gone a different way. Many of the senators that asked him to leave had constituencies that would have supported their refusal to convict. The 33 gop senators representing the smallest states only represent less than 20% of the population, and they usually win by less than 60% in elections with turnouts less than 60%. That is where I get the 90% from.
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galangalalgol 116 days ago
Even taking into account that not all small states are right leaning, and theoretically there could be 100% turnout, we are still talking about a situation wjere it takes over 90% agreement among the population to remove a president. That isn't a high bar, that is a complete lack of accountability. It isn't just removal. The whole system was designed by people so terrified of the tyranny of the majority that they neglected to forsee such uneven populations leading to the potential for a tyranny of the minority. The lack of any meaningful consensus for judiciary appointments is also a solid sign of competitive authoritarianism. But we are getting far off on a tangent. I really am intrigued that I'm missing some actor or faction. Will you get downvoted for the hypothesis? Or have you already replied with it and it got shadow blocked?
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JumpCrisscross 116 days ago
> wjere it takes over 90% agreement among the population to remove a president

...no? Majority of the House and two thirds of Senators doesn't require 90%. Nixon still had way more than 10% of support in the country when his removal from office was imminent.

> have you already replied with it and it got shadow blocked?

I don't think I've written anything that got shadow blocked for many years.

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galangalalgol 116 days ago
My best guess at who you mean is Netanyahu or Miller? I still think the SA benefits so greatly we should assume their advocacy.
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