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Texas judge who bought Tesla stock won’t recuse himself from X v. Media Matters (arstechnica.com)
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[–] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 3 weeks ago

This is curiously noteworthy in The Federalist Papers. Hamilton puts a lot of faith in the human conscience all the while pointing out that if men were angels we would need no government noting that we do need checks and balances.

The Electoral College is a dead giveaway that they didn't trust the public to self-govern, and hence there needed to be back doors where gentlemen (men of means) could override the system should someone like Jimmy Carter get elected.