In Nineteen-Thirteen, the states approved the Seventeenth Amendment to the Constitution. This amendment permits the people to vote directly to elect the senators. VOICE TWO: Finally, the time came for the convention to face the issue of representation in the House and Senate. The large states ...
First off, watching the Supreme Court confirmation hearings for Brett Kavanaugh and seeing how the women who accused him of sexually assaulting them were treated by Kavanaugh, and the senators asking questions, and the media…. It was triggering, to say the least. ...
As we go into this new year, into this new semester, I can only hope that our youth will continue to demand more – from us teachers, from their local leaders, their family, their community and especially from the new crop of senators, our new administration. Because, honestly, we deserv...
During the 2019 midterms, then Davao City mayor Sara Duterte said thatall candidates lie and honesty should never be an election issue. She even claimed that the law (probably referring to the 1987 Constitution) does not require senators to be honest. Sara Duterte said, “What’s important i...
“Backpage’s response wasn’t to deny what we said. It was to shut down their site,” the senators said in astatement. “That’s not ‘censorship’ — it’s validation of our findings.” Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) speaks on Capitol Hill on Jan. 5. (Evan Vucci/AP) ...
Which is to say everything And nothing all at once? Infinite which is another way of saying Void, heaven which is another kind of Death, a point in ever-inflating darkness. So let us pray for epilogues (Make us instruments of tendon and marrow) ...
Like the chief executive, senators would be chosen by electors for life. Members of the assembly would be elected directly by the people for a term of three years.Then Hamilton spoke about the states. Under his plan, the states would lose many of their existing rights and powers. State ...
I have called both WV Senators’ office and my representative. A mix of Democrats and Republicans, their staffers were polite but mystified. All the other calls they are getting are about the Debate and the Election, I bet. I care about those things, and many more, but I do not think...
gerrymandering. The process creates incumbent “safe” districts, discourages minority party voting, and sparks the Electoral College effect, where a plurality of votes fails to garner a victory. Gerrymandering also contributed to nearly half of NC’s senators and representativesrunning unopposedthis ...
Below are elements that all would-be narrative fiction artists should consider, regardless of genre - prior to fingers touching the keyboard, and while the fingers are tapping. These elements should be used in this forum for helpful critique as well as w