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Supreme Court, Courts in General, and How They Change in a Multi Party Republic

 For no particular reason, for reasons that have absolutely nothing to do with the fact that Ruth Bader Ginsberg died on September 18th, 2020 for reasons that actually have nothing to do with COVID-19, I want to talk about judges in America and the judiciary more generally. So, to recap some things. The legislatures and multi member bodies with each member having equal power and their members only having power collectively in America are elected in this model by single transferable vote, primaries nominate their candidates for multi member bodies like legislatures and special district boards (like school boards) by single transferable vote, other positions are elected by ranked ballots with their respective primaries using ranked ballots as well, with majority votes necessary to win.  To start, let's see how courts are constitutionally regulated. The federal courts are mostly pretty similar in their appointment. The president nominates someone, and the senate confirms them, serving

Foreign Policy with a Multi Party Presidential Republic

 In the rules I established earlier, elections across America have single transferable vote for each election and the primaries.  This creates many interesting consequences for foreign policy. The president as you'll remember will have had to do a lot more negotiation when coming up with their cabinet and appointments, including 188 ambassadors, by my count, 166 other positions confirmed tied to foreign affairs, and that's not even including the military positions which will be vital for America's military ties to it's allies and the way other countries view the American army, as an occupation force or a liberating army, whichever way the US treats their country. Political balance required by law on several important multi member boards like the Peace Corps also means more parties than just Democrats and Republicans on them of course, if now you need to not split it down half between two, now you might need to give a fifth to five parties.  Some of the positions will li