I think the larger picture is that the Democrats are becoming increasingly desperate, and increasingly willing to let their masks slips. We need to take every advantage of this.

Governor Youngkin seems to understand that it’s very likely that he will be the last Republican governor in the foreseeable future if he doesn’t make a big splash and do a phenomenal job. And he’s gotten off to a very good start.

With any luck, and his continuing hard work, his term will be followed by a term of his winsome lieutenant, or his bold AG.

You’re absolutely right about the complications involved and I did say that was just off the top of my head. A reactive comment made out of frustration.

‘Band-Aids’ can’t correct an underlying condition. President Adams had the right of it, “Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.”

We are, at the least upon the precipice of societal dissolution and arguably past the point where our Constitution is sufficient protection from the forces that assault it.

Leaving us perilously close to a time when only “politics by other means” will suffice.

Rufus,

Certainly that should be done, provided that resources allow. I’m a bit doubtful however that such measures can successfully compete with the cacophony of ‘voices’ that assault the public in every minute of every hour.

The way you get around outside influence is you publicize it. Local folks typically are suspicious of carpetbaggers. Run ads. Make speeches. Go door to door.

Concur 100%, but how do we get around the Citizens United PAC vs. free speech case? And of course outside interests means money and campaign resources, not ideas, policy positions, or legislation language from other jurisdictions, where such impact might in fact be beneficial, or not.

Similarly, legislation should apply equally to the legislators as to everyone else. And ditto for judges and their court rulings, although that is probably less of an issue.

But we still have the recent discussions of whether congress critters can invest in the stock market, or how we should curtail their advanced or privileged knowledge. As a minimum they probably should be forced, as public servants, to announce their plans 24 to 48 hours prior to making them, to remove their prior knowledge advantage. But for some of these very wealthy people (such as Trump), I suspect there are great difficulties in converting that wealth into blind trusts, etc. without decimating that level of wealth as a result.
I welcome comments about this issue.

The AG here in CA has the right to take over any investigation or prosecution in the state, no questions asked.

I had assumed it was similar in the other 49 states, but I guess I was wrong.

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I’m happy that most people understand my ideal view. It isn’t my pragmatic sense, as I do think criminals need to be taken off the street and soon. The alternative to doing nothing is already happening. The murder rate is climbing and citizens are more likely to be more violent in response to any infraction against them. These DA’s are making it more dangerous for everyone including the criminals.

I simply ran out of time to compose my previous post (and probably had too much time to write one out this time).

Just off the top of my head; how about passing a Constitutional amendment that donors can only donate to electoral parties in the localities in which they reside more than 50% of the time?

Politics at the local and State level should not be influenced by outside interests.