My Father-in-law spent months carefully crafting text for the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, only to have a sizable portion of the law changed by two rogue Congressman right before the bill went to a vote and became law. Even Congressman don't know the ...
The voter turnout in the 2010 federal elections was less than 42%. As the majority of eligible voters do not vote, the majority of the democratic power in the US is concentrated in the far wings of the political spectrum that are politically motivate...
Despite being less harmful than both alcohol and tobacco, cannabis is still illegal. This pushes the plant into the unregulated black market and helps fund cartels.
When I read legislation, I frequently find myself wanting to understand the motivations behind the living document. I'd love to know who added what, and what paragraphs were highly edited (suggesting meticulous wording or outside intervention).
Small claims court is a real pain in the neck to deal with if you have a job or at all value your time. Nothing is on-line, everything gets rejected for the smallest technical reason, and it's a very opaque process in general.