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Citizen legislature

A citizen legislature is a legislative chamber made up primarily of citizens who have a full-time occupation besides being a legislator. Such citizen legislatures can be found on the state level, as in some U.S. states, or on the national level as in Switzerland.[1]

Legislatures in the U.S. considered to be citizen legislatures include Montana,[2] Nevada,[3] Idaho,[4] New Mexico,[5] North Carolina,[6] North Dakota,[7] Oregon,[8] Utah,[9] Virginia[10] and Wyoming.[11]

Many other states in the US, by contrast, have a professional legislature. James Madison wrote in Federalist No. 62 that "It is not possible that an assembly of men called for the most part from pursuits of a private nature, continued in appointment for a short time, and led by no permanent motive to devote intervals of public occupation to a study of the laws, the affairs, and the comprehensive interests of their country, should, if left wholly to themselves, escape a variety of important errors in the exercise of their legislative trust."[12] [13]

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References

  1. ^ "Die Legislative ist ein Miliz-Parlament - SWI swissinfo.ch". Retrieved 2016-12-13.
  2. ^ "Montana State Legislature". Government of the 'State of Montana'. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
  3. ^ "Nevada Legislature". Government of Nevada. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
  4. ^ "Idaho Legislature". Government of the 'State of Idaho'.
  5. ^ "New Mexico Legislature (Legislatura de Nuevo México)". Government of New Mexico. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
  6. ^ "North Carolina General Assembly". Government of North Carolina. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
  7. ^ "North Dakota Legislative Assembly". North Dakota State Government. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
  8. ^ "Oregon Legislative Assembly". Government of the U.S. state of Oregon. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
  9. ^ "Utah State Legislature". Government of Utah. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
  10. ^ "Virginia General Assembly". Government of Virginia. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
  11. ^ "Wyoming State Legislature". Government of the 'State of Wyoming'. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
  12. ^ Madison, James ("Publius") (February 27, 1788). "Federalist No. 62". The Federalist. New York Packet.
  13. ^ "Federalist No. 62". The Avalon Project. Lillian Goldman Law Library, 'Yale Law School'. Retrieved 25 April 2023.


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