One of the things you learn as you get older is that Schoolhouse Rock was a lie. They told us that if the government wants to enact a major policy change that affects the lives of millions of people, there’s supposedly a procedure in place that they have to follow. A bill needs to originate in Congress. Then Congress votes on the bill. Then the president signs it. And it becomes law.
Of course, there are about a million different ways that the federal government gets around this whole procedure. In fact, just a few years ago, the Obama administration pioneered yet another tactic to circumvent what voters actually want. This is a tactic that’s had enormous ramifications for this country over the past decade. Their tool of choice was something called “consent decrees,” which are basically court settlements.
Here’s how the scam worked. The Obama DOJ would accuse local police…
