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Is this not the point of a deliberative legislative body?

• crazygringo 3y ago
  It is in theory. But in practice, a legislative body may or may not deliberate. And that deliberation may or may not include reasons for some of the parts of the legislation. (And it virtually never includes deliberation on a small clause like this.) But at the end of the day, nothing has to be deliberated on. It's just a majority vote at the end of the day.
  • dkn775 3y ago
    It often does include such deliberations, if you watch state legislative committee videos on YouTube. If it doesn’t, often times a citizen is free to testify and raise the issue. Many of these small clause discussions go on around amendments. There is less deliberation on policies (rules) and regulations (how an agency decides to implement a passed law). There is deliberation of course but it is more opaque to the public and less record is made. Whether it’s easy to do effectively by the public is another thing.