[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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