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>All emergency measures should have sunset clauses. I wonder if all laws should have sunset clauses. Even with as simple as murder there are needs for the leg
by SkyBelow 7y ago
>All emergency measures should have sunset clauses.
I wonder if all laws should have sunset clauses. Even with as simple as murder there are needs for the legislature to discuss if the penalty is appropriate based on current science of rehabilitation and the edge cases like vehicular homicide handled in the correct fashion.
- Armisael16 7y agoI would say that’s already functionally the case with the debt ceiling, and that’s a catastrophe every time it comes up.
- SkyBelow 7y agoI guess the problem with with riders and such. If someone adds their own pork to the keep murder illegal bill, it could cause issues. But I think that is a case of pork being the problem, as it also causes issues with many other sorts of bills.
- lozenge 7y agoNot really, a sunset clause on the debt ceiling would mean after sunset there would be no ceiling, as it is a completely artificial invention anyway. Most countries don't have a debt ceiling.
- Armisael16 7y agoIt’s similar to the proposal in that not passing a replacement bill (“raise the debt ceiling” : “murder is illegal”) would have very obviously negative results. The debt ceiling is a functional sunset clause on the ability of the US government to pay its bills.