Take Obamacare for example. Pelosi said they had to pass it to see what was in it due to this standard operating procedure of writing laws by staff as opposed to Congress-critters. She was at least truthful when she said this. Everyone thinks she's an idiot for saying this but it is fundamentally true.
No, most here know that I am no supporter of this HAG but it was in fact the most truthful thing I've ever heard her utter. Must have been the botox!
But no one seems to care. The only one I have seen who rails against this is my Senator, Jeff Sessions, Republican (conservative), Alabama. When he was opposing the numerous amnesty bills he used a thousand plus page law as a prop and said, paraphrasing, “Congress should NEVER pass a bill they cannot read in one day.”
Anyway, any bill that large is going to have all kinds of unintended consequences that leave it wide open to the courts and bureaucrats to decide what it means, which means we are pushed further into tyranny and makes us all lawbreakers without even realizing it.
Before I retired from the Air Force I was on a HQ's staff and we were required to write position papers and rules that only had one page. All the supporting information was on appendixes, but the General wanted all the facts simply stated up front. If you couldn't do that, it was his belief you hadn't thought it through enough, and he was right. Do that too many times and you'd get orders to Greenland!
Sometimes the laws are written by the policy wonks and staffers in the executive.
-- Everyone thinks she's an idiot for saying this [had to pass it to see what was in it] but it is fundamentally true. --
Yes, but only when they have an urge to pass it in a jiffy. Not that I'm a fan of long-winded laws, but if somebody had time to write it, then others have time to read it.
You are fortunate to have Jeff Sessions. Well, we all are. He's a smart guy, yet down to earth. He is one of few in Congress that has a handle on the limits of legislation, human nature, and history. He's sharp as a tack on immigration.
Before I retired from the Air Force I was on a HQ’s staff and we were required to write position papers and rules that only had one page. All the supporting information was on appendixes, but the General wanted all the facts simply stated up front. If you couldn’t do that, it was his belief you hadn’t thought it through enough, and he was right. Do that too many times and you’d get orders to Greenland!
Same thing in a major corporation I worked for before retiring.
CEO would say I see you have your experts , books, and presentation all ready.
How about this. You have 1 minute to convince me why I should listen to / see anything else as I consider why/how I should support your ideas.