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Checks and balances are supposed to address this issue. I think the only one which really does the job here would be the right to initiative/referendum. That

by skohan 6y ago

Checks and balances are supposed to address this issue. I think the only one which really does the job here would be the right to initiative/referendum. That or an electoral solution, but that one's really hard since new legislators will be incentivized to maintain the status quo. You would almost need a new party defined around that one issue, which is hard to imagine in the US. Maybe an executive order could also prohibit this? I'm not sure.

giantg2 6y ago
"Maybe an executive order could also prohibit this?" I don't think this will help. I feel that executive orders are misused and abused today. They are really only only supposed to be executive guidance on how to enforce or implement a law. Instead they are being used as redefining law or even ignoring them.