@cliveClive Thompson big picture? US government is so ossified now that basically nothing big can ever change or happen, for example, I'm quite sure there will never, ever be another constitutional amendment passed. The last real one was in 1971 (lowering voting age to 18) and that was really about opposing the Vietnam war:
Our government seems to be slower and slower at delivering change due to the increased polarization of our two party system. The last meaningful constitutional amendment we’ve managed to pass in the last 60 years was the 26th amendment in 1971, lowering the voting age to 18 and giving more people a voice in our democracy.
