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| Topic | Supreme Court hears arguments in plan to cut undocumented immigrants from Census |
| TheMikh 11/30/20 11:19:41 AM #13: | SquirtleSkwad posted... the northern states - many of which were trending towards phasing out slavery earlier for economic or social reasons, if they hadn't done so already - were largely opposed to factoring slave populations, who lacked civil or voting rights, into determining the number of house seats. conversely, the slaveholding south was the side that was pushing for it, leading to the controversial compromise. taking into consideration that the alt-right, with partial roots in movements idealizing the old south, and its more politically mainstream cousins (e.g., paleos) are opposed to factoring undocumented immigrants (lacking civil or voting rights) into determining electoral college apportionment, there's a strong case to be made there's been a reversal on that particular question. --- ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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