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To: RandFan

Our first gubnatorial “wing-clipping” which should get the rest of the states to pass laws limiting the emergency powers of their governors. You can’t vest that much power in one person’s hands, as it is sure to lead to tyranny, as we’ve seen with an artificially created “emergency”.


7 posted on 08/19/2021 6:59:33 PM PDT by krogers58
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To: krogers58

I believe there needs to be a balance. For example, the governor should have some emergency executive powers to handle initial stages of emergency, for example an earthquake in California, a tornado in the Midwest, a water main break in a large city, etc. But those powers should be limited To a matter of days and if the issue extends past that, the legislature must be convened to give consent to any future actions.

This also must be set up in a way where the governor can’t just keep issuing emergency orders on the same topic like we saw in Michigan. If you get struck down by a legislature, and say Covid, you can’t just wait 24 hours and issue a new nearly identical order.


11 posted on 08/19/2021 7:31:52 PM PDT by matt04 ( )
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