Mebbe. Either way, IMHO, it shouldn't be _easy_ to do it.
Mind you, given the shenanigans over the last 15 years, there's a certain part of me that wants to make membership in _either_ legislative body, post 1995 (arbitrary cutoff, but effective enough) a "terminate on sight, no appeal" offense. Yes, we'd lose some good ones, but it'd clean out the pool a bit, and put the fear of /g/o/d voters in 'em.
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Mind you, given the shenanigans over the last 15 years, there's a certain part of me that wants to make membership in _either_ legislative body, post 1995 (arbitrary cutoff, but effective enough) a "terminate on sight, no appeal" offense. Yes, we'd lose some good ones, but it'd clean out the pool a bit, and put the fear of /g/o/d voters in 'em.
Ever read Piper's "Lone Star Planet"? ;>