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    Japanese welcome their new emperor

    Thing about saying the name of the Emperor of Japan: Never call him Emperor Naruhito. Living or dead, the Emperor of Japan is never called by his given name. This also applies to the living retired "emperor emeritus", who is never called Akihito. This is very important to avoid an imperial faux...
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    Japanese welcome their new emperor

    The rough draft of the 1787 constitution produced by the convention says the president shall be addressed as "his excellency". Fortunately that didn't make it into the final draft. If you saw the series John Adams on HBO he tried to put a motion on the floor of the Senate to have the President...
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    Comparing USA to parliamentary governments.

    If I understand correctly, all the "vetting" is done in Cabinet. Very few bills get voted on that don't already have cabinet approval, or so I am told by my Canadian and British contacts.
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    "Is the Presidency Driving Us Nuts?"

    He has a lot more powers than a veto. Read the constitution, carefully.
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    About me.

    You said "First Nations". Are you in Canada?
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    Federal Court upholds First Amendment in BDS case in Kansas

    Maybe it ought to be.
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    Federal Court upholds First Amendment in BDS case in Kansas

    And suppose the law, or its interpretation, says that you have to bake that cake?
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    How to get to teach in a Catholic school in Scotland

    Wait, I just found this thread. You're telling me that there are public Catholic schools in Canada? I thought Canada had, if not the same, some sort of similar prohibition against that. This is why I roll my eyes when people tell me how backward America is. There is backwardness everywhere, and...
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    Order Two More Orange Jump Suits

    Well, there is another aspect to it. I was told that Nixon could still have been censured by Congress after resigning, even though there's no censure clause in the Constitution. It would have removed his pension and Secret Service protection.
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    Order Two More Orange Jump Suits

    Yes. Once the president is removed from office he can be tried by the judicial system. The impeachment/removal process only removes you from office and you forfeit holding "any office of trust or profit under the United States" ever again. Nixon might have resigned, but presidents, once they're...
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    What to do about the election of the President?

    Christ, can we please have a civil debate? I'm wondering if I should just bail on this whole website. I think we were discussing what to do about the presidential election process.
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    Was the Constitutional Convention about property rights?

    The federal constitution leaves the definition of suffrage up to the state constitutions and state electoral law.
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    Who supports the 17th amendment

    I disagree. The senators represent a larger constituency than a congressman, especially in the more populous states. The politics of the House are more diverse, whereas those of the Senate are more heterogeneous within each state's delegation since you have two senators sharing the whole state...
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    Who supports the 17th amendment

    How exactly does the direct election of senators "weaken" the states?
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    What to do about the election of the President?

    I don't agree with Athiest 2020s view that we'd be better off with a prime minister, either. But let's not get insulting, shall we? I'm not going to insult Canadians just because I disagree with them--and I certainly disagree with the idea of having a PM. Wouldn't work in the U.S. Prime...
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