In August 2025, Texas governor Greg Abbott called a special session of the state legislature to deal with several issues, including a ban on cannabis
Category: Representative Government
I’m the Boss (Part 1)
“. . . Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. . .” —Declaration of Independence In the
Vote! (Or, If You Can’t, Encourage Someone Who Can.)
Voting is one of the key ways that Americans make their opinions known. Those who vote with the majority might see the winning candidates turn their opinions into laws and rules. That’s the basic premise of democracy.
The Democracy Constitution
After many years of finding fault with our founding document, Sandy had the chance to try to correct Framers’ missteps and to update it. So, how did he do it and what does it look like?
Can’t We Just Get Rid of the Electoral College?
The reason we raise the question is that 2020 is a presidential election year, and, according to recent opinion polls, most Americans would like to choose the president by popular vote.
Gerrymandering: Here We Go Again—and Again and Again
Even though the second edition of Fault Lines in the Constitution is just out, we’re addressing the issue of gerrymandering again because, apparently, the answer to the question we posed over two years ago is “nope.”
Fault Lines in the Constitution 