luckydog1
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Hmm, I don't really see it. It seems unreasonable that you could call a vote in hours and have a replacement. Most people would not even get a chance to vote in a few hours, and certainly not put any serious thought into it (within a few hours). I honestly do not understand why you think you would get a different voting result from the "regulator" elections, than from the regular elections. Any legislation that has the ability to beat a filibuster is going to probably pass the "regulators". I think it is also physically impossible to vote a paper ballot over the Net. This would also require a major Constitutional change as the Supreme Court is defined as the highest law of the land, so substituting a "regulator " house to rule on Constitutionality, would require major change. What would the role of the USSC be? This would in effect create an elected Supreme Court, and I tend to think elected judges (at least ones that have to keep running for re-election) are a bad idea, as there is a huge tendancy to rule for popularity instead of Legality, hence minority (not just racial minorities either) rights get trampled. Also you would have to do away with the right to a secret ballot, and I disagree with that. I consider that an important and cherished right. If I could propose a change to the Constitution, it would be to transform the House of Representatives into a parlimentary body, and keep everything else basically the same. Your state would have represntation in the Senate, which was modifyied previously to direct election of Senators. And the House would be a national election (vote for the party and the party assigns the representatives based on the % of vote they got), allowing 3rd parties just as much chance as anyone to get some seats, and an actuall voice at the table, to push thier ideas. I would expect every national Party to get some seats, even people you support( just teasing), and actually get brought into the process. I think this would expose new parties and help them grow, and more importantly allow lots of Good ideas to percolate up and be enacted. Any thoughts on this idea?
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