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This would require lawmakers to agree on the intent of legislation in addition to its affects, which would be categorically harder because different people may
by YokoZar 11y ago
This would require lawmakers to agree on the intent of legislation in addition to its affects, which would be categorically harder because different people may favor a policy for different reasons.
It might be simpler to just sunset every law by default after some period and require lawmakers to periodically renew them - if a majority can't form to support renewal, then it's reasonable to assume the original motivation lacks support. It's also a handy way of nudging updates to the laws to keep up with current times.
- JoshTriplett 11y ago> This would require lawmakers to agree on the intent of legislation in addition to its affects, which would be categorically harder because different people may favor a policy for different reasons. While that doesn't seem like the main intent of such an approach, it certainly sounds like a beneficial side effect. New legislation is not a thing that should occur particularly often, or lightly. > It's also a handy way of nudging updates to the laws to keep up with current times. Agreed. (You'd also need to have some requirement to prevent any omnibus renewal legislation.)