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In politics, we often tell people that public policy flows downstream from culture—meaning, it usually takes legislatures a while to pass bills that catch up to public opinion on key issues.
This has been true for some time when it comes to the legalization of marijuana. According to the Pew Research Center , “an overwhelming share of US adults (91%) say either that marijuana should be legal for medical and recreational use (60%) or that it should be legal for medical use only (31%). Fewer than one-in-ten (8%) say marijuana should not be legal for use by adults.”
And yet, all forms of marijuana remain illegal in a shocking number of states including places like South Carolina, which doesn’t even offer an exception for medical uses of cannabis. One state lawmaker, Senator Tom Davis (Republican – Beaufort), has been working to change this for seven years. And this year, he should have had it. The votes were there and many on the ground expected the bill to pass given the overwhelming support from the public.
The reasons why the bill ultimately failed include important lessons about our political system that all Americans need to be aware of. One of the most important lessons is that in our current system, party leadership has way too much power. It is one of the most glaring problems with our two-party system.
Essentially, because of this structure, the leadership of the party that holds the majority can dictate which bills make it out of committees or even receive a vote on the floor. They can do this no matter how much support the legislation has from the public or the representatives. And they largely get to do this behind closed doors. You’ll find few journalists reporting on these backroom decisions, but bills live […]
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