HSA 2008 Government Item 26

Read the quotation below and use it to answer the BRIEF CONSTRUCTED RESPONSE that follows.

“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 law-making process in the United States?
• How could the law-making process be improved? Explain your answer.
• Include details and examples to support your answer.

Write your answer on the lines in your Answer Book.