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this idea seems interesting at first glance but it's not hard to see that everything would quickly get shoved into an omnibus "laws we wanna keep" bill that the
by ruined 5y ago
this idea seems interesting at first glance but it's not hard to see that everything would quickly get shoved into an omnibus "laws we wanna keep" bill that then becomes the site of a cyclical shutdown chicken, like budget bills currently
- eigengrau5150 5y agoIMO, sunsetting a law means automatic repeal after its expiry date. If you want to put that law back on the books, you've got to submit a brand new bill. Furthermore, all bills should be subject to judicial review before they reach the President's desk, and the standard should be whether a literal reading of the Constitution and all its amendments (including the 9th and 10th) in contemporary English grant Congress the authority to have passed it in the first place. None of this "what did the Framers mean?" bullshit. They had their time to govern; it's our turn now. If a bill fails review, the authors should be booted out of Congress for having exceeded their authority.