Let's propose a bill allowing Congressmen to opt their districts out of The Census.

Ian David

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Thu Sep-24-09 09:08 PM
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Let's propose a bill allowing Congressmen to opt their districts out of The Census.

Ask Michelle Bachmann to co-sponsor it.

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eleny

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Thu Sep-24-09 09:15 PM
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1. lol!

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Ian David

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Thu Sep-24-09 09:32 PM
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3. I'm serious! Let them put their money where their mouth is! n/t

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ellenfl

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Thu Sep-24-09 09:21 PM
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2. excellent idea! i bet we could get glenn beck to

sponsor the grassroots effort. come to think of it, perhaps the chuckleheaded everyman republican will just decide not participate. wouldn't THAT be rich.

ellen fl

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dflprincess

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Thu Sep-24-09 09:41 PM
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4. It would probably require a Constitutional amendment

as it is the Constitution that lays out the requirement for a census.

I think Bachmann's problem is that it won't be a surprise if Minnesota loses a House seat. If that happens, her district (CD 6) is the one that the odds say would disappear as it is the one that borders the most other districts. There has also been speculation that CD-5, which contains all of St. Paul and is a very blue district would be extended to include Stillwater - where Bachmann lives and where you may be more apt to find some DFLers in the 6th.

Bachmann is probably trying to save her job.

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Ozymanithrax

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Thu Sep-24-09 10:49 PM
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5. From Section 2 of the Constitution...

The actual Enumeration shall be made within three Years after the first Meeting of the Congress of the United States, and within every subsequent Term of ten Years, in such Manner as they shall by Law direct.

I might be possible to pass such a law, as I read the article in the Constitution that calls for it. Not that the right would allow such a law. They know very well what it would mean.

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Ian David

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Thu Sep-24-09 10:51 PM
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6. Tenth Amendment? Get yer stinkin' gubmint Census outa mah district! n/t

Edited on Thu Sep-24-09 10:51 PM by Ian David

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Ozymanithrax

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Thu Sep-24-09 10:57 PM
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7. Sorry, sir, but the tenth amendment don't apply.

Edited on Thu Sep-24-09 10:59 PM by Ozymanithrax

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

That power is an enumerated power delegated to the Legislative Branch, and is therefore denied the states. Should any state wish to not comply, they may call a Constitution Congress and dissolve the union. (Attacking Fort Sumter also seems to work.)

So put together a regiment or two of Gray clad solders and we can meet at Fort Sumter.

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Ian David

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Thu Sep-24-09 10:59 PM
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8. Got it. n/t

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