Evaluating Legislatures And Legislators
It is absolutely impossible for a legislature to operate perfectly, but to work well is feasible and in my eyes it is what legislatures are doing. Working well to me means that you are able to satisfy the majority of your constituents, majority of the time. So if 51% of your constituents agree with your decision 51% of the time, then I believe that you are working well. Because there are so many people that you must try to please on any certain issue, it is impossible to satisfy everyone, and even making the majority of the people happy is a very hard thing to do. As a legislature they must also work together to reach the goal previously explained. They must also make sure that their decisions affect the economy in a positive sense. A legislature must be able to create their own legislation when they feel that they are being just and fair to humanity. But ultimately they must do whatever it takes to make the majority of their constituents happy, even if that means going against some of the other parts of the standard I’ve mentioned. I think this standard of getting the majority of the constituents to agree with your decisions majority of the time is very appropriate. It is a very realistic, reachable standard that seems to be necessary if you want run a successful legislature. Reaching this standard is not far-fetched and is a fair way to judge a legislature’s performance.
Vermont’s legislature works very well in regards to the standard described above. Therefore, I would say that the Vermont legislature works well. When the gay rights bill was brought up, Wright was unsure on exactly how his constituents felt about the issue. Because of this uncertainty he was unable to determine how he should go about representing his constituents. When the bill was first brought up he sent it to the judiciary committee, and then decided to have the committee wait to pass the bill on in order to allow the supporters of the bill and the non-supporters of the bill to...
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