the possible effects of the zombie apocalypse on international relations:
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/06/21/night_of_the_living_wonks?page=0,0
Jesse Ventura tried to do that when he got elected governor of Minnesota; I'm pretty sure he managed to set up an old-law-review board to get rid of archaic stuff. don't know how he fared with sunset provisions on laws that were written while he was governor, though.