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it strikes me that congress might have authority under the 14th amendment to ban winner-take-all apportionment of electors and gerrymandering
It honestly doesn't matter what Congress has the authority to do at this point. They lack the capacity. Once we get a solid Dem majority, then we can start exploring what Congress can do.
We had that in 2008 for four years. Turns out they can't do much at all.
No we didn't. We had it for a few months, and we got the greatest expansion of health insurance in modern history.
Are you confusing the words "majority" and "supermajority"? Because Democrats did have a solid majority for four years. Democrats had a supermajority for a few months.
I used the vague term "solid majority" because it depends on what legislation you're trying to get passed. Supermajority is great, but reconciliation only requires a simple majority iirc.
49 vs 49 + 2 independents
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/110th_United_States_Congress
So yes, you confused the terms.
Oh fuck I remember you, you're just a troll
Dude you legitimately confused the terms majority and supermajority. Is English your first language or is it Russian?
Nice projection rofl
I like that you realized I was about to call you out again for being a Russian shill pot-stirrer so you tried to head me off, even though it doesn't make any damn sense.
You clearly don't have a firm grasp on the English language so...