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To: steveegg
Yes, this should be stopped. It is clear and obvious that a wrong is being committed.

How to remedy the wrong without doing another wrong is the question. It wouldn't be appropriate for Fed judges to read state law. But there is likely a fed issue here, as has been noted. Republican gov't guaranteed and a diluting of the legislators' votes are both federal issues allowing the feds in.

Regardless, impeachment by the people is somehow necessary. If the folks of Nevada can get enough sigs, can they oust them without legislators' assistance?

166 posted on 07/15/2003 11:11:58 AM PDT by Principled
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To: Principled
How to remedy the wrong without doing another wrong is the question. It wouldn't be appropriate for Fed judges to read state law. But there is likely a fed issue here, as has been noted. Republican gov't guaranteed and a diluting of the legislators' votes are both federal issues allowing the feds in.

Those would be my hooks. Now, if the Nevada constitution had an explicit provision to let the SCON pick and choose which portions of the constitution apply when, neither of those hooks would exist.

Regardless, impeachment by the people is somehow necessary. If the folks of Nevada can get enough sigs, can they oust them without legislators' assistance?

Yes. That would take 25% of those who voted in the election that brought each of the justices to their current term in the SCON. There is no apparent applicable time limit to this process, but it can only be attempted once per term.

167 posted on 07/15/2003 11:33:28 AM PDT by steveegg (Help kill this tagline - donate to FR today - https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate)
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