Is it unconstitutional for every county to have a State Senator?
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« on: December 11, 2004, 12:12:02 AM »
No / No

Gray v. Sanders. What absolute nonsense!
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« Reply #1 on: December 11, 2004, 12:27:44 AM »
No, states should be able to do whatever the hell they want (..to some extent), but that idea is pretty ing retarded to begin with.
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« Reply #2 on: December 11, 2004, 12:31:04 AM »
Quote from: Jesus on December 11, 2004, 12:27:44 AM
No, states should be able to do whatever the hell they want (..to some extent), but that idea is pretty g retarded to begin with.

Why? It's the exact same concept as Washington having two Senators in the federal legislature.
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« Reply #3 on: December 11, 2004, 12:33:00 AM »
Quote from: Philip on December 11, 2004, 12:31:04 AM
Quote from: Jesus on December 11, 2004, 12:27:44 AM
No, states should be able to do whatever the hell they want (..to some extent), but that idea is pretty g retarded to begin with.

Why? It's the exact same concept as Washington having two Senators in the federal legislature.

State's rights has some valid support, as they are seperate governmental entities. But county's rights?
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« Reply #4 on: December 11, 2004, 12:34:26 AM »
Sure. It gives every community in the state representation.
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« Reply #5 on: December 11, 2004, 12:35:57 AM »
No, it's not unconstitional for every county to have one State Senator, as long as the number of Senators that each county has is still in proportion to its population.
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« Reply #6 on: December 11, 2004, 12:36:12 AM »
Quote from: Philip on December 11, 2004, 12:34:26 AM
Sure. It gives every community in the state representation.

Why not give every city block equal representation? It gives ridiculously uneven representation to each county.

Why are you so afraid of giving one vote to one person?
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« Reply #7 on: December 11, 2004, 12:39:15 AM »
They should have equal representation in the city government, maybe. But on the state level, counties.

It keeps cities from running states.
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« Reply #8 on: December 11, 2004, 12:40:30 AM »
Quote from: Philip on December 11, 2004, 12:39:15 AM
They should have equal representation in the city government. But on the state level, counties.

Why?

Counties are created randomly. They do not really have any major meaning.

Your ideas are almost universally bad, Philip, and I'm pretty sure we already had this debate.
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« Reply #9 on: December 11, 2004, 12:41:18 AM »
Quote from: Alcon on December 11, 2004, 12:36:12 AM
Quote from: Philip on December 11, 2004, 12:34:26 AM
Sure. It gives every community in the state representation.

Why not give every city block equal representation? It gives ridiculously uneven representation to each county.

Why are you so afraid of giving one vote to one person?

Because that would be advantageous for Democrats, of course.
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« Reply #10 on: December 11, 2004, 12:42:59 AM »
Then why did you just lose?

Post the part of the Constitution.
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« Reply #11 on: December 11, 2004, 01:06:11 AM »
Quote from: Philip on December 11, 2004, 12:39:15 AM
They should have equal representation in the city government, maybe. But on the state level, counties.

It keeps cities from running states.

But the rural areas should be allowed to run the cities??
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« Reply #12 on: December 11, 2004, 01:07:44 AM »
Of course not. This doesn't do that.
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« Reply #13 on: December 11, 2004, 01:50:29 AM »
If you have such a system, it should reflect the U.S. govt. and have a House of Representatives that is proportionate to the number of people in an area. Just make the Senators appointed like federal Senators originally were(and still should be).
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