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Because there isn't a law against enacting unconstitutional laws. Actions are legal by default.

I suspect that if you try to write a coherent rule set that would punish those who vote to enact unconstitutional laws, you might find the solution worse than the problem. For instance, think about the relationship between punishable votes and secret elections.




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