North Dakotans Approve Age Limit for Members of Congress - eviltoast

Surprisingly based from ND, to be completely honest

  • FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today
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    5 months ago

    Yeah but on the primary ballot was an 82 Year Old man who recently tried to citizens arrest a train for blocking the road, so when those things you mentioned come around maybe they can reconsider it but for now it seems like a good idea.

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      5 months ago

      That’s why some kind of competency test would be better. And some arbitrary limit just based on a number would be very hard to reverse/update later.

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        5 months ago

        Not really. It would just require another vote. Laws get removed and updated all the time. Recently there have been about a dozen states lowering age requirements for having a job, same with permitless concealed carry in 25 states.

        If anything, it’s way too easy to remove these laws made to protect people.