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[–]RedEyedWarriorGay | Male | 🇮🇪 Irish 🇮🇪 | Antineoliberal | Cocks are Compulsory 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

That is fucked up. Also, why is there a constitutional limit on the legislature sitting to make laws? We don’t have this in Ireland.

[–]fuck_reddit 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Some US states have it to prevent the legislatures from going crazy with spending money and writing laws. Texas has a very limited government and a strong budget surplus, and they want to maintain it. It can be annoying in situations such as this, but overall it probably prevents more issues than it creates...