en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lex_Caecilia_Didia
Why doesn’t the US have this law? I’m trying to get a overall understanding of the rise and fall of ObamaCare, and started off with paralleled failed laws through history, starting with the Roman Social Wars, and came across this little law…
Had we had this in place, be it a law or better, a constitutional amendment, it would of prevented the whole nightmare of passing a law that had yet to be written, and would of substantially trimmed it’s inherent chaos. Beautiful little law. Didn’t stop the Social Wars, invoking it started them,but was hardly the cause, the war was inevitable by that point, and the italians not even represented by the senate, so highly doubt they cared for adherence to constitutional trivia by that point.
However, for a inclusive republic, where near universal sufferage and representation exists, I can’t imagine a nicer law. It woukd force a time period for public readings of the law, stop strange earmarks not having to do with the law persay. Makes alot of sense.
I severely doubt Trump or his staff, or any congressman follows me here,but if yoy do, this law is needed in America. I would put exceptions for declarations of war, war treaties. Time is pressing in these cases. We haven’t declared war since WW2, but it is still on our books, and congress shouldn’t be gamstrung in monolithic changes needed to make the nation capable of pursuing a total war strategy… nor the awful reaction that a failed peace treaty would invoke in a enemy if voters rejected it… sometimes its better to just fucking end a war already, and not leave it to virtual democracy to decide, cause by that point, the people might be enraged into a state of irrational hatred and want revenge at any cost. Think the analysis of our generals and top statesmen are a better judge for the necessity of breaking off a war even if the people demand it, as they are in a superior position to comprehend the facts. I dont mean they shoukd prisecute wars without listening to the pleas of the people to stop- like Vietnam, but but we need to be cautious to unlimited bloodlust at the same time by a enraged population who dont get the cost of doing so, when a wiser end can be brought sooner.