Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, "I have a question for Republicans who support the 'Save America Act.'
Yes, I know setting minimal standards to ensure only citizens of the USA can vote sounds good.
But can someone tell me how this can be enforced?
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How can it be enforced any better than what could be done without the passage of the act?
You see, laws are only as good and as effective as they can be enforced, as there are penalties for violations.
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The Constitution of the USA states that state legislatures have the responsibility to organize elections for local, state, and federal offices.
So, sure, if there is a state that allows non-citizens to vote before the Save America Act,
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one way of enforcing federal law, perhaps the only way, is to not allow candidates elected contrary to federal law to be seated. That means disallowing the winners elected with illegal votes from taking their seats in the House of Representatives or the Senate,
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and in a presidential election, disallowing electors in the Electoral College from voting for president.
But if the Save America Act is passed, can something more be done to a state that does not comply with the Act’s provisions? If so, what?
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It seems to me that if California or Illinois or Colorado refuses to enforce the law now, refuses to make sure only citizens can vote now, nothing much changes with the Save America Act as law.
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What is missing is the will of the federal government, of the House, of the Senate, to enforce the law as stated in the Constitution of the USA.
Your opinion? No cliches, no guesses. Solutions only."
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Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, "The subject of US-Israel relations is becoming an issue in the 2026 elections.
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The old cliché about the subject of Israel, and even the subject of US foreign relations, being bipartisan is showing itself to be more and more untrue every day. The Democratic Party is becoming the home of antisemitic, anti-Israel double standards and bigotry, and
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on the right, we also see the same thing, fueled by Qatari money.
For American Jews, this presents an interesting situation. To what degree should Israel influence how they should vote and who they should support, or should Israel affect this at all? For other Diaspora Jews,
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The realistic solutions are enforcement mechanisms, not just another headline law. The strongest ones in the current SAVE America Act framework are a private right of action,
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penalties for officials who knowingly register ineligible voters, mandatory database cross-checks, and federal preemption with clear deadlines and compliance audits.
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"It Seems Sometimes That the USA Does Not Understand How to Differentiate Friends from Enemies.
Yes, I understand that the President prefers to say that everyone is great, that any nation is great,
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that any national leader is strong and nice and smart. It's his style, based on the hope that if he says nice things, those nice things will be reciprocated.
But it often does not work that way.
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Qatar is a friend when they want something. Otherwise they are an enemy state, an enemy to everything that the USA stands for, an enemy to what neighboring Arab states have come to stand for. Qatar supports the Muslim Brotherhood, financially and in every other way,
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“A Republic, If You Can Keep It”: Franklin’s Warning and the Fragility of American Self-Government
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The famous quote "A republic, if you can keep it," was spoken by Benjamin Franklin in September 1787 to Elizabeth Willing Powel when she asked whether the Constitutional Convention had created a republic or a monarchy,
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Franklin replied with this warning that the new government's survival depended on the virtue and active participation of its citizens.
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Roger Froikin @rlefraim commented on his post, "Why Eisenkot?" below to say, "I don't know why France 24 would say this today, and I don't know how accurate it is, but it seemed a bit strange to compare a heat wave to a crime."
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"Why Eisenkot?
Why is a man whose record, except for the fact that he has risen through the ranks by the merit of defense and not by political maneuvering, moderate to quite somber, presented as a moderate who would unite the country?
The post is selling out early.
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In 2008, the same people advising the Eisenkot campaign today advised someone else in the US. This man was elected even though he had no attackable record, a man who was insulated from criticism because of fear that criticism would be called racist,
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Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, "JUDAISM FOR JEWISH LAWYERS – And All Other Jews
Three things are unique about Jews. First, in modern times (since the early 1900s), the percentage of Jewish lawyers in Western nations;
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second, why there are so many Jewish lawyers; and third, why Jews, more than any other people, are so attached to and respectful of law.
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But this essay is directed to lawyers. Since the early 1900s, in Western nations, Jews have been represented disproportionately in the profession of law, in many nations representing anywhere from 20–50% of practicing lawyers, though Jewish populations were around 2%.
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