alt Hacker NewsI wish there were a “No, And Stop Asking” law where you couldn’t propose a law again within X years after it fails to pass.
I know a million reasons why that’s probably impossible, starting with “what makes it the same law?”, but I can still wish we had one.
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the_biot • yesterday at 7:25 PM
Well, this kind of thing really belongs in a constitution, where it would block any attempt to pass creeping mass-surveillance laws like Chat Control.
pqtyw • yesterday at 3:39 PM
So if a party which rejects some policy loses the election (possible even directly because of that) their opponents who always supported that law wouldn't be allowed to vote on it again?
Seems extremely easy to abuse...
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It would be possible to proactively pass a law that is incompatible with future attempts, right?
E.g. in this case something like a "right to chat secrecy" law.