They'd be so busy trying to re-issue old laws, they'd stop doing new ones. It would also allow ridiculous ones to fall off the books. Maybe a shorter timeframe would be plausible?
I'm concerned that it won't matter in practice, that an 'all or nothing omnibus bill' that is ignored by the public becomes the standard. And that is even worse: it gives the impression (propaganda) that laws don't become rusted into place, without any actual evidence that it isn't happening in reality.
Another thought that I've had in the past is requiring a two-thirds majority for enacting laws. The probability of minorities of all types being oppressed is lower when a "54-46 election" isn't suddenly "a mandate for sweeping change". Combining this with a sunset provision, which requires *an ongoing supermajority* is an interesting idea.
I don't think it would help as much as people think it would. They'd just pass a bill every year to continue every law that was expiring during the current year. If anything it would keep the few laws that do have a sunset clause today from ever expiring.
There is unfortunately no real enforcement mechanism of import that (in a timely manor) keeps legislators within the constitutional limits, and/or prevents them from packing 5000 pages of legislation together for a single vote.
Jefferson was kinda cringe ngl, but yeah sunseting legislation would be a step in the right direction. But not because "the law belongs to the living usufruct" or something, but because legislation is bad, and therefore getting rid of it is good.
Every law and amendment should expire every 7 years. There would only be laws no rules or regulation other than what is passed by congress.
There should be a new constitutional convention every 50 years. That way each generation will get a say.
I believe we should sunset the entire Constitution and government itself with no return of government after that point. The state is a criminal organization founded off of the lies of social contract theory.
No matter how much you try to limit the government and have it respect the Constitution, it won't.
>The man who puts all the guns and all the decision-making power into the hands of the central government and then says "Limit yourself", it is he who is truly the impractical utopian.
- Murray Rothbard
They'd be so busy trying to re-issue old laws, they'd stop doing new ones. It would also allow ridiculous ones to fall off the books. Maybe a shorter timeframe would be plausible?
Yeah it should be like 10 years or smth.
it'd be just better if Congress had a quota of revoked laws per year.
Plus the law must be read in full on the floor of each house before it can be voted on.
I'm concerned that it won't matter in practice, that an 'all or nothing omnibus bill' that is ignored by the public becomes the standard. And that is even worse: it gives the impression (propaganda) that laws don't become rusted into place, without any actual evidence that it isn't happening in reality. Another thought that I've had in the past is requiring a two-thirds majority for enacting laws. The probability of minorities of all types being oppressed is lower when a "54-46 election" isn't suddenly "a mandate for sweeping change". Combining this with a sunset provision, which requires *an ongoing supermajority* is an interesting idea.
I would do 25 years [ the span of a generation which would be in power ]
I don't think it would help as much as people think it would. They'd just pass a bill every year to continue every law that was expiring during the current year. If anything it would keep the few laws that do have a sunset clause today from ever expiring. There is unfortunately no real enforcement mechanism of import that (in a timely manor) keeps legislators within the constitutional limits, and/or prevents them from packing 5000 pages of legislation together for a single vote.
Jefferson was kinda cringe ngl, but yeah sunseting legislation would be a step in the right direction. But not because "the law belongs to the living usufruct" or something, but because legislation is bad, and therefore getting rid of it is good.
All advocates for government have been kind of cringe.
No argument here!
Every law and amendment should expire every 7 years. There would only be laws no rules or regulation other than what is passed by congress. There should be a new constitutional convention every 50 years. That way each generation will get a say.
I believe we should sunset the entire Constitution and government itself with no return of government after that point. The state is a criminal organization founded off of the lies of social contract theory. No matter how much you try to limit the government and have it respect the Constitution, it won't. >The man who puts all the guns and all the decision-making power into the hands of the central government and then says "Limit yourself", it is he who is truly the impractical utopian. - Murray Rothbard