“It should be a requirement that EVERY piece of legislation must explicitly state what from what portion of the Constitution the legislation derives.”
And that should always be debated on the floor along with the reasons that legislation is felt needed.
Both should be required.
Before the hardcore darwinists took over harvard lawschool, it was common for anyone proposing a law to cite where, in MOSAIC LAW, it was justified to have such a law.
IE, they were always referring to a FIXED basis of law instead of an EVOLVING basis of law.