Legislation Sovereignty and Statutory Authorship Act of 2018

I've often thought that the legislative process, specifically the creation of legislation was one of the main reasons for nothing, or very little, ever getting done in Congress that benefits the people of America and not some corporation's bottom line or some rich piggy bank somewhere. That being said, here's my idea to help that along...

Legislation Sovereignty and Statutory Authorship Act - 2018

Purpose:

1.) Ensure the sovereignty of the legislation, and statutory authorship is performed solely by Congress.

2.) Ensure any and all legislation, subsequent amendments and/or riders, shall be limited to the primary intent of the legislation, in order to facilitate a full and unambiguous understanding of the legislation by members of Congress and the people of the United States.

3) Provide authorship restrictions to ensure strict adherence to the provisions of this bill, and remedy for noncompliance.

Section 1 - Legislation Sovereignty and Authorship
A) Only Senators, Representatives, or their Congressional staff members may author any legislation. No corporation, agent, or lobbyist thereof may participate in any manner in the authorship of any legislation to include banking and financial legislation, regulations, and other statutory legislation as required by Congress. Industry and consultants may provide reference input, but may not participate in the actual authorship of the legislation.

B) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 1 Paragraph A; Any United States citizen my submit to a member of Congress, any concepts and/or suggestions for legislation, so long as the author is:

i. Not in violation of the Hatch Act of 1939 or as amended.

ii. The originator/author of the concepts or suggestions is not an employee, agent, or lobbyist of any corporation, foreign or domestic, that is actively lobbying Congress, or seeking to do business with the Government of the United States in any manner.

C) Any person, corporation, agent or lobbyist thereof, found in violation of any provision, shall be found guilty of a High Crime, the punishment of which shall be not less than a mandatory minimum of 2 years imprisonment for each offense and Two Million Dollar fine for each occurrence. Additionally, any person and/or entity found to be complicit in such actions shall be found guilty of the above High Crime and suffer the same remedy in addition to being banned from doing any business whatsoever with the Government of the United States, it's Several States and Territories, for a period of not less than seven (7) years.

Section 2 - Limitation To Primary Intent
A) All legislation and subsequent amendments or riders, shall be limited to the primary intent of the legislation.

B) No extraneous additions whatsoever, and in any form, shall be allowed. All legislation shall be singular in intent, and additions that are not fully germane to the primary intent of the legislation shall not be included in the legislation.

C) Any legislation or part thereof which is non compliant to Section 2, A, or B, or deemed to have extraneous content shall be banned from being brought to the floor of the House or Senate.

D) No vote on any legislation whatsoever may be taken or called for until such corrections have been made to bring such legislation into compliance with Section 2, A and B.

Section 3 - Compliance and Remedy

A) Any member of Congress knowingly attempting to put forth any legislation that would undermine and/or cause catastrophic damage or peril to the government or the people of the United States, to include the economy, the full faith and credit of the United States, the military, or the health and well being of American citizens shall be immediately taken into custody by the chamber's Sergeant at Arms, and delivered directly to the Department of Justice, to stand for charge of High Crimes, and conspiracy to commit acts of Subversion against the Government and people of the United States of America.

B) Any person or entity giving aid in furtherance of said crime, whether monetary or otherwise, shall be guilty of the same crime, the remedy of which shall be as stated in Section 1 Paragraph C.

C) For the purpose of this legislation, Subversion shall be defined as: A systematic attempt to overthrow or undermine a government or political system or process, by persons working from within or outside of the United States Government, also: the crime of committing acts in furtherance of such an attempt.

DACA, Immigration, Border Security and Congress - 21st Century American Kabuki

Here's a novel idea...
We all realize that if Congress does their job (creating legislation), and it becomes law, it may at some point face Constitutional challenges in court. Some members of Congress are lawyers and perhaps some may be "Constitutional" scholars, that being said, we all know much of the language in Congressional legislation is actually written and guided by third parties and Capitol Hill lobbyists.

Why not have the Supreme Court try their hand at creating a fair, comprehensive and Constitutional, immigration plan. After all, they are the ones who pass Constitutional judgement relative to judicial challenges to law. One might agree, whatever the Supreme Court Judges create, probably won't face many if any challenges later on. While DACA is in the forefront of importance because of a closing time window, immigration is so much more than DACA. Border security is important enough to be a separate issue. It shouldn't be a pawn in some Congressional negotiation, AKA Kabuki dance, on how to spend tax payer money. There is no necessity in compromise or negotiation relative to immigration and border security. It's not an either or issue. They are distinct and separate issues conjoined at the hip.

My suggestion would be to get DACA done and passed on a clean, straight forward and bipartisan bill, since window of opportunity is closing fast. Then notify all relative agencies of the DACA fix. Then, put the other issues in a hat and draw the next issue to tackle, then the next, then the next. Hey if drawing names out of film canisters in a hat passes for democracy in Virginia, then it's good enough for Congress. I'm sure they will find that taken separately, each bill will be stronger and probably enjoy stronger bipartisan participation and support. Congress, earn your money...you lazy good for nothing bums...