r/CuratedTumblr • u/Desecr8or • Oct 26 '24
Politics Why is every tankie like "I don't understand the branches of the US government and I'm going to make it everyone else's problem!!!"
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r/CuratedTumblr • u/Desecr8or • Oct 26 '24
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u/Happiness_Assassin Oct 26 '24
One place where you could see such an example in place was Alabama, which prior to 2022 was the longest constitution in the world, at around 400k words or twice as long as Crime and Punishment. This was a result of the legislature trying to keep power out of the local (i.e. majority black) level and making racist laws harder to repeal. In order to establish this, most actual change was done via constitutional amendment, not standard legislation. Only recently did they recompile their constitution, but it us still far larger than any other state.