Comments on: Constitutional Review Committee Releases Final Report http://innermostparts.org/2010/03/08/constitutional-review-committee-releases-final-report/ A blog about Brandeis University, progressive politics, and the spirit of Justice Louis Dembitz Brandeis on the campus today. Tue, 08 May 2012 11:40:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Art http://innermostparts.org/2010/03/08/constitutional-review-committee-releases-final-report/comment-page-1/#comment-5192 Art Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:23:01 +0000 http://innermostparts.org/?p=3057#comment-5192 heh, romanian jews? Yes, i am a minority! heh, romanian jews? Yes, i am a minority!

]]> By: Gideon http://innermostparts.org/2010/03/08/constitutional-review-committee-releases-final-report/comment-page-1/#comment-5191 Gideon Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:37:41 +0000 http://innermostparts.org/?p=3057#comment-5191 Ha, brandeisian, note that it's "Rep for H.U. Races". Races is the key word here, implying that - still - the ability to vote is restricted by race. I gather, then that Yemenite and Moroccan and Ethiopian Jews will be permitted to vote on these positions while Romanian, Lithuanian, and French Jews will not. Ha, brandeisian, note that it’s “Rep for H.U. Races”. Races is the key word here, implying that – still – the ability to vote is restricted by race.

I gather, then that Yemenite and Moroccan and Ethiopian Jews will be permitted to vote on these positions while Romanian, Lithuanian, and French Jews will not.

]]> By: Tina http://innermostparts.org/2010/03/08/constitutional-review-committee-releases-final-report/comment-page-1/#comment-5189 Tina Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:03:54 +0000 http://innermostparts.org/?p=3057#comment-5189 You may want to reconsider the Instant Runoff Voting. The "Burden of voting" vs. the perverse outcomes of trying to explain what happens when a person gets more votes but does not win is much less troublesome in the long run. The past week, people died for the right to vote in Iraq and it's "a burden"? Here's the mess IRV created last week at Univ. of Virginia: http://www.cavalierdaily.com/2010/03/03/marginal-mayhem/ And here's a quick YouTube of how IRV works: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEkrFkqIHHI You may want to reconsider the Instant Runoff Voting.

The “Burden of voting” vs. the perverse outcomes of trying to explain what happens when a person gets more votes but does not win is much less troublesome in the long run.

The past week, people died for the right to vote in Iraq and it’s “a burden”?

Here’s the mess IRV created last week at Univ. of Virginia:
http://www.cavalierdaily.com/2010/03/03/marginal-mayhem/

And here’s a quick YouTube of how IRV works:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEkrFkqIHHI

]]> By: Brandesian http://innermostparts.org/2010/03/08/constitutional-review-committee-releases-final-report/comment-page-1/#comment-5188 Brandesian Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:02:30 +0000 http://innermostparts.org/?p=3057#comment-5188 ...arent jews historically underrepresented minorities? Isn't that 50% of the student body...? …arent jews historically underrepresented minorities? Isn’t that 50% of the student body…?

]]> By: Lev http://innermostparts.org/2010/03/08/constitutional-review-committee-releases-final-report/comment-page-1/#comment-5185 Lev Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:31:34 +0000 http://innermostparts.org/?p=3057#comment-5185 Duly noted Andrea - thanks for the correction. As for the VP role - in terms of real responsibilities it actually makes quite a lot of sense for the VP to be internally elected. The VP is essentially responsible for leading the Senate (Assembly in the new constitution) - and it makes a lot more sense for that group to choose who they would prefer to lead them. Other than that the VP has no actual power and therefore the Student Body doesn't really need to directly elect them. What doesn't make sense is that the Vice-President is the successor to the President. In that sense it makes much more sense for the Student Body to elect the VP - because that could be an issue. What would make even more sense would be for the VP to simply be a "filler," holding the Presidency only until the Student Body elected a new one. Duly noted Andrea – thanks for the correction.

As for the VP role – in terms of real responsibilities it actually makes quite a lot of sense for the VP to be internally elected. The VP is essentially responsible for leading the Senate (Assembly in the new constitution) – and it makes a lot more sense for that group to choose who they would prefer to lead them. Other than that the VP has no actual power and therefore the Student Body doesn’t really need to directly elect them.

What doesn’t make sense is that the Vice-President is the successor to the President. In that sense it makes much more sense for the Student Body to elect the VP – because that could be an issue. What would make even more sense would be for the VP to simply be a “filler,” holding the Presidency only until the Student Body elected a new one.

]]> By: Andrea http://innermostparts.org/2010/03/08/constitutional-review-committee-releases-final-report/comment-page-1/#comment-5184 Andrea Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:49:16 +0000 http://innermostparts.org/?p=3057#comment-5184 As the representative for secured media, which includes the Justice, WBRS, BTV, and the yearbook, I'd like to point out that the managing editor of the Hoot was a member of the committee with equal voting power, just like any of us. As the representative for secured media, which includes the Justice, WBRS, BTV, and the yearbook, I’d like to point out that the managing editor of the Hoot was a member of the committee with equal voting power, just like any of us.

]]> By: Art http://innermostparts.org/2010/03/08/constitutional-review-committee-releases-final-report/comment-page-1/#comment-5183 Art Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:46:23 +0000 http://innermostparts.org/?p=3057#comment-5183 why eliminate the ability to vote for VP? god forbid the meek students self-represent, eh? why eliminate the ability to vote for VP? god forbid the meek students self-represent, eh?

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