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petersuber (petersuber@fediscience.org)'s status on Tuesday, 30-Jan-2024 00:20:12 JST petersuber

The #Ohio constitution allows voters to amend the state #constitution by #referendum. Today Ohio votes on a referendum to amend that provision of the constitution.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/08/08/ohio-election-issue-1-abortion/
The big issue is that #Republicans want to make #amendment more difficult before a #ProChoice referendum hits the ballot next fall.
But in case you're fascinated by the legal/logical puzzle of using the amending clause of a constitution to amend the amending clause, I wrote a book about it in 1990.
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  Update. #Republicans failed yesterday in their attempt to jack up the difficulty of amending the #Ohio #constitution.
  https://www.npr.org/2023/08/08/1191679261/ohio-election-results-issue1-abortion-state-constitution-amendment-ballot-voters
  As @ejdionne put it, "the majority backed majority rule."
  https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/08/08/ohio-referendum-abortion-republicans/
  This bodes well for the #ProChoice referendum scheduled for November.
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    Ohio voters reject measure that would have made it harder to change constitution
    
    Ohio votes down Issue 1, rejecting conservative lawmakers' attempt to change the constitutional amendment process ahead of a vote on reproductive rights this November.
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  Update. The book = 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘹 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘦𝘭𝘧-𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵.
  * HTML (#OpenAccess)
  https://dash.harvard.edu/handle/1/10243418
  * PDF (also OA)
  https://dash.harvard.edu/handle/1/23674879
  If you don't have time for a book, here's an essay-length summary (also OA).
  https://dash.harvard.edu/handle/1/4727453
  Why does this question deserve a book? I address that in the "Why Bother" section of the preface.
  https://dash.harvard.edu/bitstream/handle/1/10243467/Peter%20Suber%2c%20Paradox%20of%20Self-Amendment%2c%20First%20Preface%20FIXED.html?sequence=1&isAllowed=y#why
  Yes, this book is related to #Nomic, my game of self-amendment.
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nomic
  #Law #Logic #Paradox #SelfAmendment #PhilosophyOfLaw
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    Nomic
    
    Nomic is a game created in 1982 by philosopher Peter Suber, the rules of which include mechanisms for changing those rules, usually beginning by way of democratic voting. The game demonstrates that in any system where rule changes are possible, a situation may arise in which the resulting laws are contradictory or insufficient to determine what is in fact legal. Its name derives from the Greek for "law", νόμος (nomos), because it models (and exposes conceptual questions about) legal systems and the problems of legal interpretation. Gameplay All aspects of Nomic are variable; the players can vote to change the rules to whatever sort of game they want to play. The initial ruleset was designed by Peter Suber, and was first published in Douglas...

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