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The act of turning arguments into rules everyone must pretend they read.
means Laws made by a governing body, plus the process of debating, drafting, and passing them.
from From Latin legis latio, the carrying or proposing of a law, where legis means of law and latio means a bringing or moving.
Sausage ruleBismarck likened lawmaking to messy sausage production.
Word countSome single bills exceed a thousand printed pages.
Latin rootsSame lex family as legal and legitimate.