Agreed. Unfortunately we find ourselves in an era of legislative stagnation. Obscure and popular policy alike have been unable to move through the legislative process for almost seven years. Compounding the problem is the rapid pace of change we live with. The legislature, unable to resolve many of the issues of the 20th century is building a heap of 21st century ones. And the growth rate of that heap is increasing, accelerating its increase in mass.
If history is any indicator, in political systems this broken, other institutions collect power and either that power is sustained and relieves legal pressure or that power is revoked and the pressure builds until the system comes apart.
If history is any indicator, in political systems this broken, other institutions collect power and either that power is sustained and relieves legal pressure or that power is revoked and the pressure builds until the system comes apart.