Allow me to be blunt: if we required our elected officials to read, understand, and be conversant with the bills they voted upon, Congress would not be able to enact more than a fraction of a percent of the legislation it currently considers, and the legislative branch as we know it would collapse.

And the problem with this is?

Really, I as a matter of habit follow the legislatures of 3 of the countries that I am strongly affiliated with. Quite often discussions are held, and laws are signed things that simply the government has no business getting involved in morally or constitutionally. For the most part I'd be happy to see nothing happen in a legislative session as it is far more likely that a given piece of poorly thought-out and sight-unseen legislation will do harm than benefit anyone. In many cases the most well intentioned, well thought out pieces of legislation have far-reaching consequences that are negative for the country as a whole. "Think of the children" and "think of the poor downtrodden"…

I recall being at a meeting with a New York State Senator (truly a breed apart). I asked him about the effect of recent procedural legislation, and how it effected a client. He had voted on it a month before, but a) had no idea what I was talking about, and b) even less idea about its consequences. He was "to busy to know everything." I was dumbfounded.

Under this language, what in our lives wouldn't be open to litigation? Especially once governmental rent-seeking forces us all onto a public 'option'?