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Yeah, I really wish there was a test that either the founding fathers provided in the constitution or the supreme court found in court precedent to determine if
by newhouseb 15y ago
Yeah, I really wish there was a test that either the founding fathers provided in the constitution or the supreme court found in court precedent to determine if two components of a bill belong together or separately (maybe if both clauses could be witheld without the support of the other).
There is way too much political gamesmanship around packaging bills together in our system today.
- btilly 15y agoI would personally support a Constitutional amendment putting an upper limit on the length of any bill passed by Congress.
- freehunter 15y agoCain was roundly mocked for suggesting that. I think the better way of saying it (this is my opinion) would be "I'd support a length limit on the clauses in a bill". The problem with legalese in bills is, Congress has to specifically outline every use case of every law. If it's not clear in the law, a judge can overthrow it. What was that case the other week where the judge threw out part of a law saying "if Congress wanted this to be part of the law, they should have specifically stated that"? This is why bills have to be long. I would personally support a Constitutional amendment putting an upper limit on the amount of attachments placed in any bill passed by Congress.