robkoons

Professor of Philosophy

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Impeaching the prince's ministers (as a way of checking his abuses of power) is a very traditional practice, dating back to 16th century England.

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Republicans must embrace Medicare for All, and tax AI to pay for it

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@ChrisCoolyard @Williamson_KB The Constitution gives wide discretion to the States to decide how to choose their electors, and the SCUSA has never interfered with that. 18 states, with 220 EC votes, have already passed the necessary leg. Once it hits 271, the laws will go into effect

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Just crunched the numbers. Democrats will have complete control of 21 states and DC, with a total of 273 electoral votes. That means that they can abolish the Electoral College without constitutional amendment. We will never have another non-Democrat President. Thank you for saving democracy!

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@ChrisCoolyard @Williamson_KB I double-checked, and 18 states have already passed this legislation, reaching 220 EC votes. Only 51 more votes would be needed to nullify the EC. See The New Republic if you don't believe me.

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@ChrisCoolyard @Williamson_KB Several states have already passed laws that assign their EC votes to the winner of the national popular vote, contingent on a sufficient number of other states doing likewise. This nullifies the EC without a constitutional amendment. So it is a little complicated

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@rushwithfour So sorry to disillusion you. But, seriously, several states have already passed laws awarding their electoral college votes to the national popular vote winner, provided enough states have passed similar laws

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@GeorgeRuxV8Dude @the_magic_m @Cryptic_Vyper An interesting possibility, but the Court has never applied the 14th amendment to the Electoral College, which clearly violates the equal representation principle

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@JamesWHankins1 I hope you’re right. My 45 years of experience in academia makes me more pessimistic

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@BillPeacock3 @KenShepherd Thanks, Bill. What do you make of the central role played by Peter at the council of Jerusalem in Acts 15. Doesn't that suggest that the early Church recognized the continuing importance of Peter's office?

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@JamesWHankins1 I wouldn’t call it populism. It reflected a rise of a new elite, centered primarily in the universities

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@BillPeacock3 @KenShepherd Jesus’. Matthew 16

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@TylerDMcNabb Does “etc” include Shiva, Baal, Zeus, Lucifer? What’s the limiting principle?

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A Lutheran’s Case for Roman Catholicism https://t.co/HMXwolX8D8

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@pvenable Why are you sharing this kind of clickbait?

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@JeremyTate41 This is one of the most insightful analyses I’ve read

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@AStrasser116 @m966021 You’re avoiding the real issue: is a million shrimp lives worth as much as a human life? Is there any number n such that n shrimp lives…