I've always felt that I want our legislators to treat the Constitution as a poorly marked minefield. I don't even want laws near the border, and the penalty for suggesting a law that is judged to be unconstitutional should be the immediate removal from office and a ban for running for any office the future. I'm mixed on your idea of prison time, but I suspect I could be convinced.
I've always felt that I want our legislators to treat the Constitution as a poorly marked minefield.
Indeed. It's no small thing to make a law, and there's no good reason to go making as many of them as possible all the time. It should be a rare thing, refactoring should be 98% of a legislator's work; if it should even be seen as a career rather than a civic duty.
I'm thoroughly convinced at this point that treating being a politician as a temporary, random civic duty akin to jury duty would yield superior results with less corruption and outright bribery.
This last part is exactly why we will never see it h
That isn't the worst idea I've heard. I'd settle for single term limits on congress critters as a start. I think federal employees should have staggered contracts as well and be shifted around to other positions.
Sure... but it is how the entire technology industry works now. The idea is to prevent you from having time to coordinate messing things up in a serious way that can't be undone by the next group that comes along or that would let you bypass scrutiny of others who are checking your performance and can remove/report you.
There is no perfect solution which both empowers people to accomplish something meaningful and eliminates the risk of them doing the wrong meaningful thing.
$500 (Score:5, Interesting)
"Manufacturers that don't abide by the law could face fines of $10 for each violation with a cap of $500."
Am I reading this right...? They can just pay a $500 "I don't give a fuck about the law" fee. Cheaper than a single lawyer?
Blatantly Unconstitutional (Score:5, Insightful)
There should be prison time for legislators who write, sponsor, and sign laws found to be Unconstitutional.
Little else seems to bother them.
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I've always felt that I want our legislators to treat the Constitution as a poorly marked minefield.
Indeed. It's no small thing to make a law, and there's no good reason to go making as many of them as possible all the time. It should be a rare thing, refactoring should be 98% of a legislator's work; if it should even be seen as a career rather than a civic duty.
I'm thoroughly convinced at this point that treating being a politician as a temporary, random civic duty akin to jury duty would yield superior results with less corruption and outright bribery.
This last part is exactly why we will never see it h
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That isn't the worst idea I've heard. I'd settle for single term limits on congress critters as a start. I think federal employees should have staggered contracts as well and be shifted around to other positions.
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I think federal employees should have staggered contracts as well and be shifted around to other positions.
this seems like it would let employees create problem and then leave to another position so that they aren't responsible for cleaning it up.
Re:Blatantly Unconstitutional (Score:2)
Sure... but it is how the entire technology industry works now. The idea is to prevent you from having time to coordinate messing things up in a serious way that can't be undone by the next group that comes along or that would let you bypass scrutiny of others who are checking your performance and can remove/report you.
There is no perfect solution which both empowers people to accomplish something meaningful and eliminates the risk of them doing the wrong meaningful thing.