North Carolina tells retired engineer he can't talk about engineering

Re:North Carolina tells retired engineer he can't talk about... by jimmaswell on Saturday June 19, 2021 @01:13PM (#27562287)

This is great. I've had this idea myself but for major legislation in general. A checkup on any new federal law first 2 years later, then 4, then every 8, or maybe a provision to allow a longer time after enough successive affirmations. Congress could live with their easy jobs getting a bit harder.

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Re:North Carolina tells retired engineer he can't talk about... by mint2 on Sunday June 20, 2021 @11:02AM (#27570706)

The affordable care act would have been killed under that and replaced with nothing.

While in principle checking in on laws seems nice, a mandatory review deadline or it goes away would not be a viable solution in our current political climate.

But even in a more ideal climate, it seems that Congress would be tied up with the reviews and have no time to actually address new or contemporary issues.

Perhaps if it was structured so that a small percentage of laws were randomly selected and some check was enacted so that a minority couldn’t easily kill the law.

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Re:North Carolina tells retired engineer he can't talk about... by jimmaswell on Sunday June 20, 2021 @05:26PM (#27574070)

> The affordable care act would have been killed under that and replaced with nothing

But potentially also the NFA, Marijuana prohibition, and much more.

Overwhelming congress gives states more impetus to solve their own problems instead of let the federal government be so bloated.

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