3 ms·
> Why do lawmakers try to get bills through the legislature when these bills are against the constitution? The real question is: why do political factions like
by nyokodo 5y ago
> Why do lawmakers try to get bills through the legislature when these bills are against the constitution?
The real question is: why do political factions like to throw grenades that will just get thrown back at them?
- dragonwriter 5y ago> The real question is: why do political factions like to throw grenades that will just get thrown back at them? They don't. The faction throwing these particular grenades has strong confidence that structural overrepresentation, gerrymandering, control of the courts, and other factors create a power asymmetry preventing the grenades from being thrown back at them with similar effect.