No man's life, liberty or property are safe while the legislature is in session.
Since Judge Gideon J. Tucker of New York approvingly cited that hyperbolic appraisal 105 years ago, state legislatures in the U.S. have improved. The director of a new study released last week concluded that "corruption is less widespread than we had thought; not many votes are bought for cash." Otherwise, the most comprehensive inquiry ever made of the lawmaking process at state level was bearish. Though considerable differences turned up between the best and worst bodies, many were judged to be inept, understaffed, poorly paid and...
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