But think about it. The federal government’s political institutions are weathering unprecedented turmoil. Congress for years (and regardless of balance of power) is often deadlocked. That has ceded power to a Supreme Court now reconfigured with new justices and issuing rulings that will reshape society. People across the political spectrum put their hopes or wishes atop the shoulders of a president, regardless of party, only to watch the limits of the executive branch make themselves known in real time.
And the actual writing of laws is left to the states.
Our representatives in Olympia determine how (and how much) to fund schools and draft laws on what to teach. They
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