The Politics of Direct Democracy

Free post of the week is a take on what happened in Ohio and what it means for Texas

This past Tuesday, voters in Ohio took to the polls to secure reproductive rights for women and legalized the recreational use of marijuana.  Friends, the results were not even close.  Both measures passed with double-digit margins over those who opposed.  This begs the question, if this sort of governing happened in other states, why can it not happen …