"This is why our constitution requires lawmakers to wait three days before passing bills; it’s why bills are required to undergo committee hearings, public debate, testimony and legal review. But lawmakers unanimously threw all that out the window for their own convenience — Democrats didn’t oppose the underlying bill, so they provided the votes necessary to waive the rules and speed it through.
The problem HB2839 highlights is bigger than lawmakers not reading the bills. It’s the arrogance lawmakers routinely show in disregarding checks and balances on their work when they’re not politically or logistically expedient. And it’s a bipartisan problem."
I'm surprised there's not more alarm/horror at SB 1650, maybe it's not likely to pass? Doesn't seem to have been voted on yet. But there is no doubt in my mind if it does, it will be a license to kill and elevate walls and windows that happen to be attached to a business over human life.
This is so perfectly stated.
"This is why our constitution requires lawmakers to wait three days before passing bills; it’s why bills are required to undergo committee hearings, public debate, testimony and legal review. But lawmakers unanimously threw all that out the window for their own convenience — Democrats didn’t oppose the underlying bill, so they provided the votes necessary to waive the rules and speed it through.
The problem HB2839 highlights is bigger than lawmakers not reading the bills. It’s the arrogance lawmakers routinely show in disregarding checks and balances on their work when they’re not politically or logistically expedient. And it’s a bipartisan problem."
I'm surprised there's not more alarm/horror at SB 1650, maybe it's not likely to pass? Doesn't seem to have been voted on yet. But there is no doubt in my mind if it does, it will be a license to kill and elevate walls and windows that happen to be attached to a business over human life.
P.S. can you send me a sticker