To: tacticalogic
Well as Americans, we can start a law by getting signatures to require our idea onto a ballot. start it that way. but we'd need it to happen all across the us to make it a national idea correct?
18 posted on
10/14/2006 5:48:05 PM PDT by
dcrider182
(Col. Dean R. Hiatt.. WWII Hero. LC.Cpl. Brad Shuder. 9-11 Hero.. you are both loved and missed)
To: dcrider182
Well as Americans, we can start a law by getting signatures to require our idea onto a ballot. start it that way. but we'd need it to happen all across the us to make it a national idea correct?There's where it gets a little different. Getting rid of the New Deal Commerce Clause starts not by creating more laws, but giving up some. Everyone has their favorite piece of the New Deal legacy. The first step is to recognize that and start by getting our own house in order. IMHO.
19 posted on
10/14/2006 5:54:19 PM PDT by
tacticalogic
("Oh bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
To: dcrider182
Absolute nonsense. There is no such thing as a national referendum. 24 states have that process, the rest do not. Per my prior comment, the only way a national initiative can be used is if it is installed in the Constitution by amendment.
I'm not sure that a national initiative is a good idea. Witness the regular special interest dog and pony shows in California over initiatives designed to give various special interests an entrenched position in the law. I do know that there are a couple of national organizations in D.C. dedicated to promoting the national initiative.
John / Billybob
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