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This court is at least poised to restore some of our gun rights, and the next democratic majority is free to pass an actual federal law on abortion. Even supporting abortion myself, you have to admit Roe's legal argument was questionable at best and living on borrowed time.

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No matter what your stance is on many issues, the legislative branch has spent the last two decades trying to do the least amount of work possible. Executive Orders and judicial decisions have taken over from laws actually being passed, while the legislature concerns themselves with budget resolutions and new national holidays.

I don't think that's completely true. The House has passed 358 bills this term that the Senate won't even vote on.

Maybe I am too cynical on politicians, but if you are nearly 100% sure the Senate won't pick up your bills, you can pass anything you want to signal to your base. You don't have to worry about compromise or feasibility.

While probably true in some percentage of cases, isn't that indicative that the underlying issue actually exists?

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