I think perhaps there should be an option for a compact of States - a required minimum of perhaps 20 - to either issue a veto before it reaches the President's desk, or a line item veto, or a call for a plebiscite. The problem with that is getting all the state legislatures to act quickly enough.
Why an "option" instead of a "requirement" and why the states instead of the people? Is a flaw of the Constitution that it did not give any procedural checks directly to the people against runaway legislation?
"getting ... legislatures to act quickly enough" - isn't a problem that legislatures are acting too quickly? E.g., how much debate was there before the last $2T 3000 page spending bill or the $40B Ukrainian laundromat aid?
I say the states instead of the people just based on the logistics of trying to hold an election for every issue or piece of legislation. Unless we move to some kind of vote-by-phone, secure blockchain election.
We're essentially talking about adding a third chamber to Congress, depending on whether the proposed legislation is vetoed before or after it reaches the President's desk.
Your point about the legislatures acting too quickly - they might have to slow down and think about what they're passing if they know someone else has veto power.
I think perhaps there should be an option for a compact of States - a required minimum of perhaps 20 - to either issue a veto before it reaches the President's desk, or a line item veto, or a call for a plebiscite. The problem with that is getting all the state legislatures to act quickly enough.
Why an "option" instead of a "requirement" and why the states instead of the people? Is a flaw of the Constitution that it did not give any procedural checks directly to the people against runaway legislation?
"getting ... legislatures to act quickly enough" - isn't a problem that legislatures are acting too quickly? E.g., how much debate was there before the last $2T 3000 page spending bill or the $40B Ukrainian laundromat aid?
I say the states instead of the people just based on the logistics of trying to hold an election for every issue or piece of legislation. Unless we move to some kind of vote-by-phone, secure blockchain election.
We're essentially talking about adding a third chamber to Congress, depending on whether the proposed legislation is vetoed before or after it reaches the President's desk.
Your point about the legislatures acting too quickly - they might have to slow down and think about what they're passing if they know someone else has veto power.
There’s a reason why our founders did not desire a direct democracy.
Single issue bills.