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Amend the Constitution such that all laws sunset after 5 years, unless they pass a 2/3rds majority.

Created by J.K. on February 09, 2013

Current governance convention seeks to gain a 51% majority which leaves the other 49% of Americans disenfranchised. We are a whole country and we should not leave 1/2 of us behind or upset.

How can we come together and work together as a country if we are always divided? We need to reach a compromise.

I propose that we allow the government to act with the agility it needs, but with the understanding that if we are not in a 2/3rds majority then more consensus needs to be built.

Sunsetting laws, after 5 years, allows government time to prove the usefulness of laws, and the time to consider alternatives, before an extension vote could be passed later at 2/3rds. A law could receive 2 chances to become permeant, or sunset permanently.

Let's focus on laws that are clearly needed.

Government & Regulatory Reform
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