The Democrats are doing enough already with mass immigration and free money promises they can't deliver on.

I think we need a few more Republican states to balance it out.

Why do we need more impoverished states for balance? Lol, that is insane.

You want to emulate the success of Mississippi.

it comes down to results in senate vs what is legally and morally justified.

now may not be the right time to right a historical wrong, but the lack of statehood of DC goes back to an era where the founders saw DC as a haven and temporary home for Bureaucrats not necessarily needing votes, as compared to the very populace area it is today.

in any case im not sure we could get the states to ratify DC into statehood, so its more hypothetical, which leans me even more into morality and further from senate landscape protection.



certainly a good choice, but is also 81

and by contrast was age 42ish when he was appointed to USCA 7th circuit, ABC held the same seat at 45ish.

he has really just had more years to sit the bench, and is more accomplished as a writer.

frankly Posner is likely just too centrist to get a nomination in this polarized meta, shame really. good answer tho

This post was edited by thesnipa on Oct 27 2020 09:33am

Stop being a bigot. Blaming Mississippi for poverty is like blaming blacks for poverty.

No it isn't. The brain-drain is the fault of faulty leadership. Educated people can't live there for some reason. .

Never pegged you as a cultural relativist.

This post was edited by Skinned on Oct 27 2020 09:32am

Because even when in full control Democrats still cater to Republicans. Constantly tip toeing, and making concessions to opposition, to their own detriment. When Republicans have control they only cater to themselves. When they don't have control they obstruct as much as they can. That's all the justification I need, to prove who is more responsible in the driver seat.

I am an economic determinist. Mississippi has been dying a slow death since the end of the Civil War.

why? that's not required to realise that she got here based on her politics (and gender), and not based on merit / her legal brilliance. no need to jump through your hoops, they are just transparent deflection attempts.

And probably before.

As a state, stillborn.

Do the other states have to sign off on the admission of a new state to the union? To the best of my knowledge, other states have no say/veto power in the process - their ratification is only necessary when amending the Constitution.