Tuesday, June 21, 2005
 
Unbalanced Powers
So in St. Charles County, Missouri, we have this bit of foolishness:
    St. Charles County Executive Joe Ortwerth says he will veto legislation that would allow voters to decide whether the County Council should have the power to stop his office from filing lawsuits against other political entities.
This is the equivalent of the President of the United States vetoing a constitutional amendment.

What's the reason? Oh, of course:
    "The council's action is designed to breach the separation of powers," Ortwerth said. "I am going to defend the prerogative of the executive branch."
He's going to defend the prerogative of the executive branch from the will of the people. From whence its prerogative stems. Or from whence we used to delude ourselves government power comes; I guess current government "leaders" are stripping those scales from our eyes. Government power stems from government.


- posted by Brian J. @ 3:02 PM
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