> If there were broad consensus to change the law as written then presumably the legislature would vote to do so.
The legislature does not represent popular interests any more and hasn't for years [1]. This is widely studied and accepted. You can see it plainly even in its demographic and socioeconomic composition.
We don't have enough of a shared reality here to come to agreement and should agree to disagree.
That's a cute study you've linked: "opinions of average citizens don't matter, it's the money and power that make the law." This must be the greatest revelation since Ancient Greece.
The legislature does not represent popular interests any more and hasn't for years [1]. This is widely studied and accepted. You can see it plainly even in its demographic and socioeconomic composition.
We don't have enough of a shared reality here to come to agreement and should agree to disagree.
1. https://act.represent.us/sign/problempoll-fba/