Then after the 10 years they would be a revote to decide which laws are still relevant to the times we are in?
2007-04-18 17:41:53 · 4 answers · asked by smokingnick 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
We would not have chaos and anarchy there would be ways to deal with not letting laws compeltly expire until after being voted on
2007-04-18 17:54:01 · update #1
If all laws expired, even for a brief time, there would be nothing but chaos and anarchy. The very definition of a civilized society is that we have rules to follow - whether they be legislative laws, religious laws, societal laws, etc. We don't always LIKE the laws, but we have to have them.
The idea of a Democratic society is that if we don't like the laws, we elect people who will change them.
2007-04-18 17:52:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Awesome idea, and one that I would be 99% likely to support. I would also support this same idea to apply to patents, trademarks, and copyrights.
After these things expire, it would have to be a relevant item to survive the new round of votes. The out-dated or unfair ones should go away (sooner or later).
Naturally, these ideas would be highly unpopular with politicians and big business people. Too freaking bad for them!
2007-04-19 00:51:29 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is actually a pretty good idea, but there are probably some laws that should be exempted. I would keep murder illegal, for example, along with robbery.
Other than that I think the idea has considerable merit.
2007-04-19 00:50:30 · answer #3 · answered by Warren D 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
do you trust our legislators to handle this with grace? i don't. we at least have a decent frame to work with in our house... we need to bring some of the additions up to code before we pass inspection though. =0) good question.
2007-04-19 00:45:00 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋