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rampartc

(5,835 posts) Tue Apr 30, 2024, 01:00 AM Apr 2024

louisiana constitution rewrite : this must be stopped

On a party-line vote, the Republican-controlled House and Governmental Affairs Committee passed House Bill 800, which calls for convening a two-week convention next month to rewrite the constitution. HB 800 advances to the full House for consideration sometime soon.

https://www.nola.com/news/politics/jeff-landry-louisiana-constitution-rewrite-clears-first-hurdle/article_ae9f262a-027d-11ef-ba4d-536656439b21.html

next month ?

a 2 week convention?

how is this possible?

what is the rush?

how can we stop this?

i knew we were headed to the front lines of the culture war but this has gone nuclear.

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louisiana constitution rewrite : this must be stopped (Original Post) rampartc Apr 2024 OP

Can't stop it... but the timing puts the results in front of the voters this fall FBaggins Apr 2024 #1

up for a vote in november rampartc Apr 2024 #2

FBaggins

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1. Can't stop it... but the timing puts the results in front of the voters this fall

Reply to rampartc (Original post)

Tue Apr 30, 2024, 04:39 AM

Apr 2024

“On a party-line vote” makes it sound to most readers like a close thing. But one party has a supermajority

rampartc

(5,835 posts)

2. up for a vote in november

Reply to FBaggins (Reply #1)

Tue Apr 30, 2024, 07:33 AM

Apr 2024

with trump probably carrying louisiana 70/30 and every yahoo in the state at the polls .

to write a constitution in 2 weeks would be an ambitious project if they did not have the damn thing already written.

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