WaPo Really Asking The Hard Questions
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Unfortunately, I don't think it is enough. If we still had a government operating on the principals of individual freedom and self determination that would be true, but with the massive number of laws on the books that infringe on these principles, and the massive disparity in the amount of force the government can bring to bear compared to an individual, we need the Republicans (or some group in government) to actively be nullifying these infringements and restoring the balance of power to where it should be.
People talk about term limits for politicians, but what I'd like to see is term limits for laws.
Imagine if there was an amendment nullifying every law that isn't revoted for 10 years. Sure there would be giant omnibus bills that reupped everything, but at least there would be a process that could remove cruft. Is it really that much easier to hide stuff in a 20,000 page reauthorize than a 2000 page omnibus budget? Maybe a little but it's not like congressmen are actually reading these things anyway.
Maybe it would also make it easier to get rid of old good stuff like Sherman Antitrust, but with it not being enforced anyway maybe it's better to not even have it on the books pretending to be protecting us.
Awesome! so when dems or rinos are in power, every law protecting the people would be repealed.
Smart law.
The key laws protecting the people are the Constitution and Bill of Rights, which I would assume would be exempt from automatic repeal (or I wouldn't support the system), along with any other constitutional amendment. What additional legal protections do you think are needed (at least from the Federal government)?