Deliberation

And so I think some of the delay is the use of an existing legal authority, uh, in a new context.

That's why we have those forums and why we have, uh, career professionals staffing folks who are appointed in a, in a, uh, political capacity and those folks working together in a very systematic Deliberative review process to make these determinations, and I do believe that you shouldn't rush through such a deliberative process and consideration.

So that's something that could hold it up, um, especially when there might be other priorities when it comes to terrorism designations that are, that are just made by policymakers.

Another thing that might cause pause, and this is, uh, something that I have encountered in conversation with s- c- in conversation with several stakeholders on this front, is potential unex- unexpected consequences for the hospitals themselves.

And what kind of topics are put to these citizens' assemblies?

I guess, I mean, we can kind of go back and talk about like what is, you know, so the whole field of Deliberative democracy is a kind of critique of the way that we approach decision-making in democracy, right? So either we sort of delegate decision-making to politicians, we elect representatives, and then they make decisions on our behalf.

And then there's direct democracy, and you can call people to referenda.

And in referenda, people will say yes or no to a particular issue.