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Abolish the Electoral College, Dilute the Supreme Court

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Congressional Oversight Panel Chair Elizabeth Warren speaks at the Women in Finance Symposium, March 29, 2010. Photo provided by the Treasury Department.

The progressive punch list for the past three years:

  • Abolish the Electoral College
  • Pack the Supreme Court
  • Remove a presidential impediment from office

“That’s their democracy,” writes Daniel Henninger in the WSJ.

The Democratic Party is now defined by the faces it puts before us — Mrs. Pelosi, Mr. Schiff, Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Jerry Nadler, Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren – the party of the left

Winning Was Trump’s Violation

Trump’s real violation was winning Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin, Mr. Henninger reminds readers.

That tipped the electoral vote against the popular vote.

The left’s solution: Let the popular vote rule.

“Get rid of the Electoral College” headlines Elizabeth Warren’s plans. “Your power in our democracy shouldn’t be determined by where you live.”

Dilute the Supreme Court

As President, Trump was able to appoint two conservative Supreme Court justices.

The left’s answer: Increase the number of justices.

In line with recent pack-the-court arguments by progressive legal analysts, Pete Buttigieg would expand the court’s membership to 15. Ms. Warren is “open” to the idea.

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Debbie Young

Debbie, editor-in-chief of Richardcyoung.com, has been associate editor of Dick Young’s investment strategy reports for over three decades. When not in Key West, Debbie spends her free time researching and writing in and about Paris and Burgundy, France, cooking on her AGA Cooker, driving her Porsche Boxter S through Vermont and Maine, and practicing yoga.