“Amendatory vetoes” are horrifying. How the heck is the legislature deemed to have approved a law that looks nothing like the bill that passed each house?
From what I recall, the federal courts gave the IL legislature a certain amount of time to approve concealed-carry or the courts would strike down IL gun laws and permit unrestricted concealed-carry. Wouldn’t Quinn’s mangling of the law in defiance of the court order make it likely that the courts will strike down the law and allow unrestricted concealed carry?
I agree with you. If Gov. Quinn changes the law, he disobeys a federal judge’s ruling, and he should be charged with contempt of court.
Yep, this morphing of the executive into the legislative and judicial (via admin. law courts) is prima facie unconstitutional.
It needs to be undone asap.