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Texas doesn't have a full time legislature so unlike California the amount of damage they can do is limited.
by shiftpgdn 6y ago
Texas doesn't have a full time legislature so unlike California the amount of damage they can do is limited.
- rwc 6y agoEven better than a part time legislature, in fact. Texas only meets for a few months every other year.
- whatshisface 6y agoOn top of that, a huge fraction of the laws are written directly in the constitution, meaning that without a supermajority it's impossible to change almost anything.
- octoberfranklin 6y agoI dearly love this aspect of Texas. It is such total genius. And the escapades with legislators fleeing the state in order to block legislation makes for hilarity.
- jartelt 6y agoBut when they are in session, they focus on important issues like playing revisionist history with your children's school textbooks...