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I don't know why there isn't some sort of legislative barrier that at least runs new laws through some body that can flag constitutional issues. Most legislator
by qingcharles 3y ago
I don't know why there isn't some sort of legislative barrier that at least runs new laws through some body that can flag constitutional issues. Most legislators have law degrees, so you would have thought they are aware of the issues before they pass them.
The worst ones are criminal laws that send people to prison for years only to be found unconstitutional much later down the road. (e.g. Chicago's gun ban)
- Mountain_Skies 3y agoQuite often they know the law they're passing isn't constitutional but it's good campaign optics so they do it anyway. When it is overturned by the courts, voters generally get angry with the court for overturning the law rather than with their congress critter for passing it.
- qingcharles 3y agoThis is the same scam a lot of trial court judges run. They will find a defendant guilty at bench trial with no evidence, or massively over-sentence them, then when the appellate court reverses it they can just jump up and down and blame out-of-touch appeals court judges.