[PLUG-TALK] Liberal vs Conservative?

Steve Jorgensen jorgens at coho.net
Fri Mar 29 10:34:20 UTC 2002


On Thursday, March 28, 2002 6:08 PM, Jeme A Brelin [SMTP:jeme at brelin.net] 
wrote:
...
> Personally, I oppose political parties and think they contribute to
> laziness in society and in the minds of individuals.

Damn straight.  Unfortunately, the structure of our electoral system leads 
inevitably to the existence of 2 dominant parties.

It is a little-known fact, however, that there is nothing in our 
constitution governing the mechanics of the electoral process just as it is 
a little-known fact that juries have the authority to vote their conscience 
above the law if they believe the law is unjust in a particular case (jury 
nullification).  It is possible, without constitutional amendment, that the 
USA could migrate to a different election system (so long as it included an 
electoral college for national elections), though the 2 parties in power 
are resistant to such attempts.




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