US Democrats Broach Audacious Changes to Elections, High Court
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(Worthy News) – Frustrated in the Trump era, several Democratic presidential hopefuls are proposing dramatic reforms that would shake up US institutions and their centuries-old traditions, including abolishing the Electoral College and adding justices to the Supreme Court.
The changes are not typically debated in the country’s presidential campaigns, and remain largely out of reach for the moment, given the paralysis in a divided Congress and certain opposition by Republicans.
But they represent some of the new ideological litmus tests being proposed by a left-leaning party still smarting from Donald Trump’s 2016 victory and desperate to oust him in 2020. [ Source: VOA News (Read More…) ]
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