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E-Legislating, K.K. Duvivier
E-Legislating, K.K. Duvivier
Sturm College of Law: Faculty Scholarship
The United States has been plagued with a deadlocked, “do nothing” Congress for the last several years, but today there is a new game in town. Senator Chris Dodd declared, when he first encountered the full force of e-legislating, “It’s a new day [in Washington]... Brace yourselves.” Digital technologies have fundamentally changed the relationship of citizens to their governments. Since e-democracy was first identified in the 1990s, at least four subcategories have emerged. This article debuts the newest member of the e-democracy family: e-legislating — the use of Internet and social media to influence federal legislation. The federal legislative process …
Out Of The Bottle: The Genie Of Direct Democracy, K.K. Duvivier
Out Of The Bottle: The Genie Of Direct Democracy, K.K. Duvivier
Sturm College of Law: Faculty Scholarship
The initiative process is out of the bottle, and it is unlikely citizens will try to recork their genie anytime soon. While the process has proven to be subject to the same corrupting influences of money and special interests as the legislative process, citizen voters are motivated to begin using the initiative itself to regain its integrity.
By Going Wrong All Things Come Right: Using Alternative Initiatives To Improve Citizen Lawmaking, K.K. Duvivier
By Going Wrong All Things Come Right: Using Alternative Initiatives To Improve Citizen Lawmaking, K.K. Duvivier
Sturm College of Law: Faculty Scholarship
In this age of the sound byte, a simplified "yes-or-no" choice is an appealing solution to complex questions. Although computer logic is founded upon such yes-or-no binary choices, nothing can be achieved through a single yes-or-no alternate. Multiple choices must be made to achieve resolution. On a synthesizer, for example, producing a single note requires fifteen to twenty binary choices. The fabric of a complete song emerges only with a myriad of yes-or-no choices. Ballot initiatives provide voters with a simple yes-or-no choice to respond to issues that have myriad approaches.' To reflect the full tap- estry of majority preferences, …