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Two terms I have invented for your consideration:
lawquake (n): when major legislative changes are passed in a short period of time, especially when breaking through major gridlock and inertia preventing effective legislative change. For example, FDR's New Deal.
graft-root organization (n): an organization made to look like a grass-roots organization, but instead has an agenda that legitimizes activities and laws normally best achieved by corruption or massive influence; very similar to "astroturf" groups, and can have considerable crossover.
lawquake (n): when major legislative changes are passed in a short period of time, especially when breaking through major gridlock and inertia preventing effective legislative change. For example, FDR's New Deal.
graft-root organization (n): an organization made to look like a grass-roots organization, but instead has an agenda that legitimizes activities and laws normally best achieved by corruption or massive influence; very similar to "astroturf" groups, and can have considerable crossover.