reminder that certain states have preconditions imposed on their admission/re-admission to the union - ThreadSky

unavaleable.bsky.social • 2 days ago

reminder that certain states have preconditions imposed on their admission/re-admission to the union

The Mississippi Legislature is NOT a "public body" and NOT subject to the Open Meetings Act under state law, a judge has ruled.

That means a quorum of House Republicans will be able to continue to meet and make key legislative decisions in private. #MSLeg

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jefffreyspies.bsky.social•2 days ago

There is no way that argument is surviving John Boy's state fairness doctrine

unavaleable.bsky.social•2 days ago

i mean if you're disqualifying states, you're disqualifying their delegations which means you have a very different kind of floor math to say make john boy just write pissant dissents

jefffreyspies.bsky.social•2 days ago

You aren't wrong, but I don't see any mechanism to do that, other than violence which I'm still holding back from endorsing

jacksprat39.bsky.social•2 days ago

Insane.

pmanzo.bsky.social•2 days ago

Copied this from someone
(apologies I’m not able to credit the creator)

unavaleable.bsky.social•2 days ago

there was a cool paper that went through and talked about each one

unavaleable.bsky.social•2 days ago

A lot of them have a public school system on the list

hurricanexyz.bsky.social•2 days ago

Man, good Negro government was legit

unavaleable.bsky.social•2 days ago

i am really annoyed that i can't find that paper

hurricanexyz.bsky.social•2 days ago

mood

unavaleable.bsky.social•2 days ago

here we go

andycraig.bsky.social•2 days ago

Interesting history, but I don't think even on their own terms those were "stop doing these things in the future and you stop being a state again," they were "you must do these things now before we'll recognize your restored statehood."

hurricanexyz.bsky.social•2 days ago

Yes but have you considered that the Guarantee Clause is a capacious thing

They CAN be ongoing conditions if we want them to be

dnlmsstch.bsky.social•2 days ago

This is a question of political will to impose constitutional government. We had it once and can have it again.

andycraig.bsky.social•2 days ago

In extremis, but among the many cool things about the 14th is it made possible to put most of the same substance on a slightly lower plane of escalation and regularity than "we stop recognizing you as a real government. Fake state!"

hurricanexyz.bsky.social•2 days ago

Yes. If the political will existed to do the Guarantee Clause thing then we could also just enforce the goddamn 14th

spooknine.bsky.social•2 days ago

Huge oversight not to put in there the "if we see one god-damned confederate flag then BOOM no more state until you toss it" clause tbh

unavaleable.bsky.social•2 days ago

yeah the guarantee clause is more direct option of last resort tbh but still

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