I grew up when 'Schoolhouse Rock' taught millions of American kids how a bill becomes a law.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Every day, new laws are created that further hamper the ways children can engage with the world.
What I find is most people have a civics book understanding for how Congress works and how a bill moves.
Getting one bill passed is close to impossible. Ask any kid who has spent a summer in Washington, or better yet a semester, and can't understand how people tolerate its menu of constant frustration. Imagine mastering it.
The only thing I learn on a daily basis from law school is that I disliked it and the law so much that it's constantly this fire at my heels.
We stand in the shadow of Jefferson who believed that a society founded upon the rule of law and liberty was dependent upon public education and the diffusion of knowledge.
Children learn many principles of natural law at a very early age. For example: they learn that when one child has picked up an apple or a flower, it is his, and that his associates must not take it from him against his will.
The Growing Smarter laws now in place compel every community to plan their future growth and allow every citizen the right to be heard when those decisions are made.
Our laws need to reflect the evolution of technology and the changing expectations of American society. This is why the Constitution is often called a 'living' document.
When a president makes up law as he goes, no one knows what the law is anymore.
Let those who will - write the nation's laws - if I can write its textbooks.