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To: Chairman_December_19th_Society

Silly me. I wasn't aware that Governors could MAKE law.

3 posted on 08/24/2005 4:37:44 AM PDT by Carolinamom (Life is a journey, not a destination.)

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To: Carolinamom; Miss Marple

File this one under CNN is RIGHT.

Fox is covering nonsense

Can you say ABRUBA 24/7 boys and girls..

5 posted on 08/24/2005 4:53:01 AM PDT by Dog (Troll hunter wannabe....of note.)

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To: Carolinamom

Silly me. I wasn't aware that Governors could MAKE law.

It's called Executive Order. An Executive Order in in effect until it is struck down Legislatively or a Governor (President) cancels it.

We had this happen in Iowa this summer. Governor Tom Vilsack gave a blanket order to restore all felon's voting rights.

Previously, felon's voting rights were only restored on an individual basis via an appeal process to the Governor. Scuttlebutt has it that the DNC wanted those rights restored in order to move Iowa out of the Red State column during the next election. It's possible it will work.

8 posted on 08/24/2005 4:55:19 AM PDT by Iowa Granny (friends are quiet angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly.)

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To: Carolinamom

I'm wondering why the Feds haven't jumped in. Interstate Commerce clause clearly applies!

16 posted on 08/24/2005 5:01:24 AM PDT by Chairman_December_19th_Society (It's not your property; you are merely a tenant of the state [SCOTUS - 2005].)

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