Comments by "SmallSpoonBrigade" (@SmallSpoonBrigade) on "Why Everyone Hates the Supreme Court's Decision on Insurrection \u0026 the 14th Amendment" video.

What gets me is that the parties get to decide whom to nominate and the states have the power to decide what the rules are for appearing on the ballot. So, the states already had the right to make decisions that impacted the rest of the country in terms of what candidates would appear on the ballots. It's one of the reasons why it's so hard for 3rd party candidates to earn recognition from the federal government. Without being on the ballot, it can be tough to have the necessary support for federal election benefits.
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@Baddaby You're both sort of right, but I think you're more right. There is so many politicians that are there year after year and so much incentive to inflate their own salaries that it's a moot point. It's sort of like how executive pay at corporations has gotten out of hand because nobody wants to admit that they've got a subpar CxO so they continually pay more than what was the mean previously.
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@syav4467 It is, but if you count them anyways, then how is that invoking the amendment provision barring them from holding office? If they count the write ins anyways, that effectively also makes it impossible for any GOP candidate to win as well.
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