The Senate Majority Leader emailed the state’s top courtroom lawyer his draft tax bill and asked for “the best shot to have Culliton overruled.” That lawyer’s o... (opens in new tab)

The Senate Majority Leader emailed the state’s top courtroom lawyer his draft tax bill and asked for “the best shot to have Culliton overruled.” That lawyer’s office will later have to defend the bill in court. In Washington, the branches meant to check each other merged. 🧵Separation of powers isn’t a technicality. It’s the reason no single faction controls a law from drafting to courtroom. When the people who write a law, pass it, and defend it are one team, that check is gone. Public record...