Imagine if a foreign official came to the US and suggested the results of a plebiscite should be nullifiedhttps://twitter.com/JenniferMerode/status/748042362501365760 …
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Replying to @mtracey
at a federal level we don't have those because it's bad governance, and California is generally ridiculed for its use of it
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Replying to @2Shrill2Nasty
I'm aware we don't have them on a federal level. On a state level referenda are the reason we have marijuana legalization.
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Replying to @mtracey
never said it was impossible for good laws to be passed through referendum, just in general it's a bad way to govern
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Replying to @2Shrill2Nasty
So in some cases it's a good way to govern and in some cases it's not. Just like any other mode of governance.
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Replying to @mtracey
yes but IMHO systems that provide more checks and balances are better than putting decisions to a simple majority of voters
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Referenda outcomes are always mediated by legislatures and other "checks"
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