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PA Lawmakers Vote To End Gov. Wolf's Shutdown Order
Patch.com ^

Posted on 06/10/2020 10:16:31 AM PDT by Red in Blue PA

The legislature on Tuesday passed a resolution directing Gov. Tom Wolf to end the COVID-19 disaster emergency, and reopen all businesses.

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Finally!
1 posted on 06/10/2020 10:16:31 AM PDT by Red in Blue PA
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To: Red in Blue PA

Veto-proof? Because you know damn well he is going to do it for spite if he can.


2 posted on 06/10/2020 10:17:39 AM PDT by Abathar (Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
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To: Red in Blue PA

Oh, the little commie isn’t gonna like that!!
What’s his transgender buddy think about all that?....LMAO.


3 posted on 06/10/2020 10:18:24 AM PDT by lgjhn23 (Libs are a virus.....the DemoVirus!!)
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To: Abathar

He can’t veto it.

“Pursuant to 35 Pa.C.S. 7301(c), upon the passage by the House and Senate of a concurrent resolution terminating a disaster declaration, “the Governor SHALL (emphasis added) issue an executive order or proclamation ending the state of disaster emergency.”

Nothing in the statute requires the resolution to go to the Governor for signature/veto. A concurrent resolution ending a disaster declaration is not an exercise of the legislature’s lawmaking authority that the Gov can sign/veto. The Governor is statutorily required to issue an order terminating the declaration in compliance with section 7301 if the House passes the resolution as adopted by the Senate. He has no discretion in this matter.


4 posted on 06/10/2020 10:20:10 AM PDT by JenB987
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To: Red in Blue PA

Good news! What happens if he vetoes this?

Frankly, I think people should just go ahead and do what they want. If the “protesters” could romp around the streets with impunity, then a business should be able to open its doors (and without masks or limitations on occupancy).

What are they going to do if all the businesses just open? Of course, in that case they might actually call out the National Guard, but I don’t think you’d get a one who would shoot.


5 posted on 06/10/2020 10:21:10 AM PDT by livius
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Nice!


6 posted on 06/10/2020 10:21:47 AM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: Red in Blue PA

Good!


7 posted on 06/10/2020 10:25:25 AM PDT by yldstrk (Bingo! We have a winner!)
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To: livius

Tommie the Commie was one of the jackass “protesters”.


8 posted on 06/10/2020 10:25:56 AM PDT by alstewartfan (One day he just washed up on the shores of his regrets. May his soul rest in peace. Al S.)
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To: Red in Blue PA

But Wolfe says it’s not over. see the Fox News article.


9 posted on 06/10/2020 10:26:50 AM PDT by conservative98
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He is fighting it. Will not even consider it coming to his desk. He is giving it to the courts to decide. And even if they say pass it he is indicating he will not budge.

IT is speaking now. Saying that there is going to be a spike in the Fall. (just in time for elections)

Wolfe is a condescending snit. Talking down to everyone.


10 posted on 06/10/2020 10:27:01 AM PDT by WakeUpAndVote
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“IT is speaking now. “

You mean the freak? I would rather gouge my eyes out and thanks for the warning..


11 posted on 06/10/2020 10:30:04 AM PDT by max americana (fired liberal employees at every election since 2008 because I enjoy seeing them cry)
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To: max americana

Aw, come on. Richard / Rachel’s a real hottie!

SNORT.

(And please, people... no pictures. It’s lunch hour...).

:-) :-)


12 posted on 06/10/2020 10:32:29 AM PDT by Pravious
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They have concluded that the action that was taken last night was meaningless.

Everything still stands.


13 posted on 06/10/2020 10:33:45 AM PDT by WakeUpAndVote
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To: JenB987

Sweet! Thank you for telling us that, I wonder if Michigan can do the exact same thing now.


14 posted on 06/10/2020 10:37:53 AM PDT by Abathar (Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
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To: JenB987; Abathar
Nothing in the statute requires the resolution to go to the Governor for signature/veto. A concurrent resolution ending a disaster declaration is not an exercise of the legislature’s lawmaking authority that the Gov can sign/veto.

Would you not expect Wolf to veto the resolution anyway and challenge the constitutionality of the statute?

The only similar legislative power that I know of is congress’s war making authority which does not require the president’s signature.

Not that I am an expert on state constitutions by any stretch.

Just saying that it is an odd statute. But I think it is a good check on executive power in the case that a despotic governor might invoke martial law and keep the emergency in effect for no good reason.

Just happens to be the case at this particular time.

15 posted on 06/10/2020 10:39:21 AM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit)
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To: Red in Blue PA

Time for Leftist Dictator Governors to get with the program and allow people their freedoms.


16 posted on 06/10/2020 10:43:17 AM PDT by 1Old Pro (#openupstateny)
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To: Abathar

REMEMBER IN NOVEMBER, VOTE OUT ALL DEMOCRATS ON THE BALLOT.


17 posted on 06/10/2020 10:57:33 AM PDT by Rumplemeyer (The GOP should stand its ground - and fix Bayonets)
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To: Red in Blue PA

Oh, come on! You know the only people Dem governors are allowing their freedom are the rioters!


18 posted on 06/10/2020 11:13:05 AM PDT by jeffc (The U.S. media are our enemy)
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To: WakeUpAndVote

‘They have concluded that the action that was taken last night was meaningless.’

who are ‘they’...?


19 posted on 06/10/2020 11:38:30 AM PDT by IrishBrigade
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To: WakeUpAndVote

Wolfe may say he wishes to ignore the legislature, but what this really means is that the citizens of Pennsylvania are now free to ignore him. I would say that his “orders” are now void and legally unenforceable. Further, any law enforcement officer or public official who attempts to enforce them is subject to civil liability for taking an unawful action.


20 posted on 06/10/2020 11:50:05 AM PDT by henkster ("We can always fool the foreigner" - Chinese Proverb)
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