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To: Zardoz who wrote (60803)11/10/2000 2:30:19 PM
From: long-gone  Respond to of 116998
 
<<The elctro-college makes a representative republic defunct. Only the House of Representatives are representative. BUT since the president has a line item veto... You're nothing but a quasi state of hierarchy. Consider this. You have no recall rights, nor rights of recession.>>

No, you are quite wrong, didn't you read about impeachment in the constitution? As for the line item veto, it represents spending only, & was NOT yet upheld by the highest court of the land.
Please also see this founding document(excuse the caps from the exact document):
FEDERALIST. No. 1
General Introduction For the Independent Journal.
HAMILTON
(in part)
"THE UTILITY OF THE UNION TO YOUR POLITICAL PROSPERITY
THE INSUFFICIENCY OF THE PRESENT CONFEDERATION
TO PRESERVE THAT UNION THE NECESSITY OF A GOVERNMENT AT LEAST EQUALLY ENERGETIC WITH THE ONE PROPOSED, TO THE ATTAINMENT OF THIS OBJECT THE CONFORMITY OF THE PROPOSED CONSTITUTION TO THE TRUE PRINCIPLES OF REPUBLICAN GOVERNMENT ITS ANALOGY TO YOUR OWN STATE CONSTITUTION
and lastly, THE ADDITIONAL SECURITY WHICH ITS
ADOPTION WILL AFFORD TO THE PRESERVATION OF THAT SPECIES OF
GOVERNMENT, TO LIBERTY, AND TO PROPERTY."

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