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dmitrygrtoday at 5:22 PM1 replyview on HN

We need a double-jeopardy-like constitutional amendment for legislation. Legislation once-tried and failed cannot be tried again.


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krapptoday at 5:26 PM

That would be antithetical to democracy. The people must be allowed to introduce any legislation they want, as often as they want.

Otherwise it would be trivial for a government to intentionally fail to pass anything they disagree with, and thus act as a de facto dictatorship.

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