>All emergency measures should have sunset clauses.
I wonder if all laws should have sunset clauses. Even with as simple as murder there are needs for the legislature to discuss if the penalty is appropriate based on current science of rehabilitation and the edge cases like vehicular homicide handled in the correct fashion.
Not really, a sunset clause on the debt ceiling would mean after sunset there would be no ceiling, as it is a completely artificial invention anyway. Most countries don't have a debt ceiling.
It’s similar to the proposal in that not passing a replacement bill (“raise the debt ceiling” : “murder is illegal”) would have very obviously negative results.
The debt ceiling is a functional sunset clause on the ability of the US government to pay its bills.
I guess the problem with with riders and such. If someone adds their own pork to the keep murder illegal bill, it could cause issues. But I think that is a case of pork being the problem, as it also causes issues with many other sorts of bills.
I wonder if all laws should have sunset clauses. Even with as simple as murder there are needs for the legislature to discuss if the penalty is appropriate based on current science of rehabilitation and the edge cases like vehicular homicide handled in the correct fashion.