Michigan residents could be charged with a felony, face up to five years in prison and get a $10,000 fine for using the wrong pronouns under 'unconstitutional' new bill

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[–]WhiteZealot 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

A major flaw with our system is that there is no punishment for passing unconstitutional laws, combined with the fact that unconstitutional laws are enforced until they are rejected by the court, which takes a long while. Once the law is overturned, you can pass it again, and have another period where it's in effect, which defeats the whole purpose of having courts.

Instead, the way it should work is that if a law is found unconstitutional by a court, then all legislators who voted for that law become ineligible to ever hold federal office after their current term expires.

[–]Tarrock 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yep. I started writing an article about everything you just said, but never got around to finishing and publishing it.