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by Hector N. Fertig
This reads a lot like the “Read the Bill Act” from Downsize DC.
Making it a Constitutional Amendment gets around the Constitutional issues arising from the Speech or Debate Clause (Art. I, Section 6, Clause 1), but leaves it vulnerable to the Law of Unintended Consequences. While this is precisely the way I would conduct myself were I to ever hold a seat in Washington, I’m not sure it’s a standard that should be applied universally. This might effectively remove from service an otherwise qualified candidate who is dyslexic or otherwise has difficulty reading, ultimately disenfranchising their electorate. A legislator who reads everything just to satisfy this requirement may comprehend far less than a colleague who relies upon their staff to help analyze legislation (kind of like ‘teaching to the test’).
These are (to paraphrase the Bard) some of the Known Unknown consequences… what of the Unknown Unknowns?
