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happyslug

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13. That a Court can rule that HOW a law was passed was unconstitutional?
Thu Jun 25, 2015, 09:16 PM
Jun 2015

Remember that was the constitutional attack, not that the State Legislature could NOT pass such a law, but HOW the law was passed was unconstitutional. The law did have the majority of votes in both houses, the attack was that it contained more then one subject matter AND that the original purpose of the propose law had been changed during the amendment process.

I have problems with courts having the power to rule HOW a law was passed was unconstitutional. I have no problem with the courts ruling a law unconstitutional but that is NOT the situation in this case, the court is ruling HOW it was passed was unconstitutional for it violated the State Constitution.

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