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    The scope of organized authority ranges from family, through neighborhoods to municipalities, states, countries, and global governments.

    Python Program, Displaying the Majority of Majority
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    Python Program, Displaying the Majority of Majority

    Robert Hamill 18 Sep 201711 Dec 20231 Comment

    I wasn't going to write the post without a suitable image. I decided to create it myself. A work in progress.

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    Constitutional Paradox
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    Constitutional Paradox

    Robert Hamill 30 Aug 20175 Mar 2023Leave a comment

    This dangerous inconsistency in the Constitution, allowing Presidents to overpower the judicial branch, needs to be amended by removing Presidential pardons.

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    Cultural Changes and Political Affiliation
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    Cultural Changes and Political Affiliation

    Robert Hamill 26 Jul 201728 Nov 2022Leave a comment

    Will we end up with two cultures inhabiting the same land? Will they alternate in power or will they cleave into separate fiefdoms?

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    Live by the Word
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    Live by the Word

    Robert Hamill 13 Jul 201730 May 20221 Comment

    Trump's new explanation for an event that earlier earned a denial implies that truth is now hidden under words which overweight the fact with an…

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    Black-or-White Thinking, an Example
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    Black-or-White Thinking, an Example

    Robert Hamill 10 Jul 201729 Apr 2024Leave a comment

    Don't ignore all threats because there is one threat you can't eliminate.

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    Russian Investigation Gag Order
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    Russian Investigation Gag Order

    Robert Hamill 17 Jun 201715 Nov 20221 Comment

    A gag order doesn't ban discussion. It requires that it take place under oath. That statements will stand up under scrutiny.

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    Two Campaign and Four Process Changes
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    Two Campaign and Four Process Changes

    Robert Hamill 13 May 20175 Mar 20231 Comment

    No matter how difficulties these proposals may be, they are certainly less than those the founding fathers faced when they wrote the Constitution and the…

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    Election Improvements
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    Election Improvements

    Robert Hamill 12 May 201730 Nov 2023Leave a comment

    It's important that citizens vote. It's essential that they have essential information to base their choices on.

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    Voting Decisions in a Democratic Republic
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    Voting Decisions in a Democratic Republic

    Robert Hamill 16 Mar 201730 Nov 2023Leave a comment

    Arranging political factors: The danger of climate change swamping us in the remainder of our life is low while the chance of bankruptcy due to…

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    Personhood at Conception
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    Personhood at Conception

    Robert Hamill 4 Mar 201728 Nov 20245 Comments

    Personhood at conception gives rights to the might-be-born that supersede the rights of those-who-have-been-born.

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