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Read the following quote. The answer the following questions. Answer each question with 3 sentences in a 4th graders response
“It usually takes a hundred years to make a law, and then after it has done its work, it usually takes a hundred years to get rid of it.”
—Henry Ward Beecher
Do you agree or disagree with this quote about the lawmaking process in the United States? Explain your answer.
How could the lawmaking process be improved? Explain your answer.
Use details and examples to support your answer.
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Do you agree or disagree with this quote about the lawmaking process in the United States? Explain your answer.
I agree with the quote because making a law takes a long time and many groups must agree, like Congress, the President, and sometimes the courts. Some laws do their job for a long time, but others stay around even when they are not helpful anymore, like old rules that don't fit new technology. It can feel like a hundred years because people move slowly and want to be careful before changing things.
How could the lawmaking process be improved? Explain your answer.
The lawmaking process could be improved by checking old laws regularly and fixing or removing ones that don't work, maybe every ten years. Leaders should also listen more to regular people, teachers, and scientists so laws help everyone and keep up with new things like the internet. Also, making laws written in clear and simple words would help people understand them and follow them better.
I agree with the quote because making a law takes a long time and many groups must agree, like Congress, the President, and sometimes the courts. Some laws do their job for a long time, but others stay around even when they are not helpful anymore, like old rules that don't fit new technology. It can feel like a hundred years because people move slowly and want to be careful before changing things.
How could the lawmaking process be improved? Explain your answer.
The lawmaking process could be improved by checking old laws regularly and fixing or removing ones that don't work, maybe every ten years. Leaders should also listen more to regular people, teachers, and scientists so laws help everyone and keep up with new things like the internet. Also, making laws written in clear and simple words would help people understand them and follow them better.
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