Yes, this is why asking a national referendum for anything is not the answer. You need a minority group of say 1 million, who is very knowledgeable about the is

Yes, this is why asking a national referendum for anything is not the answer. You need a minority group of say 1 million, who is very knowledgeable about the issue to know that it's a terrible bill, and which has the initiative to act against it. But of course this could be easily abused, too, if not done carefully. That's why they shouldn't be able to veto the bill - but only postpone it and force Congress to hold a public debate about it over a number of months. The only threat to this is getting this happening way too often, and making Congress very inefficient (not that it's extremely efficient now) by postponing everything. This is why it needs to be thought through a little bit, and as soon as there are signs of this, the numbers should be altered to balance the law.