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That the legislature is not following your wishes does not mean that they are incompetent. They could be reacting to the wishes of the majority of the populatio
by rsj_hn 5y ago
That the legislature is not following your wishes does not mean that they are incompetent. They could be reacting to the wishes of the majority of the population, which simply does not view carbon emissions as being particularly important nor do they believe there is any crisis to address here.
- teachingassist 5y agoYou make a separate point. My point was that the legislature is writing law which is in conflict with itself. The quote "future generation" hasn't come from the judiciary - it is written into the law, for the judiciary to deal with the consequences.
- ska 5y agoSimilarly, 'judicial overreach' is (most?) often just used to mean 'I don't like the courts decision'. Especially in a common law country, this terminology is often off target.
- jbay808 5y agoUnfortunately, the majority of the population hasn't been born yet.
- glial 5y ago> They could be reacting to the wishes of the majority of the population Citation seriously needed.
- etrabroline 5y agoI don't think its reasonable to demand people pepper every comment with citaitons and links for things that can easily be found with a quick internet search.
- glial 5y agoGive me a break, I was giving the parent an opportunity to provide evidence. All evidence I have seen is to the contrary: > In our analysis based on 490 roll calls between 2005 and 2014 in the US House of Representatives, we find strong evidence that representatives are more likely to vote with special interests and against constituency interests when the two are in conflict. Importantly, the latter effect is significantly larger when there is less attention on politics. Speaking of quick Google searches, the quote is from the first result when you search for “Do politicians vote with people's opinion or special interests”. http://ftp.iza.org/dp11945.pdf http://ftp.iza.org/dp11945.pdf