[ManHunter]

I’m just wondering why the state legislature has ceded so much unilateral executive authority to that idiot MR. Levine...

[Buckeye McFrog]

I’m just wondering why the state legislature has ceded so much unilateral executive authority to that idiot MR. Levine...

Basically it's a flaw in 200+ years of existing state law because no prior Legislature ever conceived of the possibility that a Governor would engage in dictatorial overreach of this sort.

An amendment to our State Constitution that would rein in the power of the Governor to act unilaterally in emergencies passed this session. It must pass in the next session and then go before the voters before becoming part of the State Constitution. That will prevent this from occurring again in the future, but sadly does not do a lick of good for us now.

[Think free or die]

"I’m just wondering why the state legislature has ceded so much unilateral executive authority to that idiot MR. Levine..."

The Republicans have made several attempts to rein in the governor, but they don't have a veto-proof majority. Furthermore, the state supreme court is D dominated. Pa is very divided, but most of the time ambles along without major fireworks. As I talk to people, anger over deaths in the nursing homes is an issue, but otherwise in the SE part of the state, the gov has a lot of supporters who are really scared of the virus. It's a funny sort of place. People mostly live pretty conservatively, but there are a lot of 'feel-good' liberals who put up yard signs and vote D. A lot of group think. The gov is term limited. I really hope he doesn't have higher political aspirations and retires after this. The legislature has pushed back on a lot of his spending plans, but they have struggled mightily with his mandates under the extended emergency declaration. Businesses are mostly grudgingly going along with all the restrictions and keeping some revenue going any way they can. Reduced revenue has to be affecting state coffers.