09-05-2018, 01:03 PM
The League of Women Voters & Common Cause don’t seem to care much for the “gut & replace” practice used in the Hawaii legislature. They’re asking the process be declared unconstitutional. I hope they’re successful. It may be a legal legislative maneuver (for now) but by circumventing citizen input, it seems like a remnant from the bygone era of smoke filled back rooms.
Two government watchdog groups today sued Hawaii for enacting legislation without giving the public the proper chance to weigh in.
The complaint from the League of Women Voters of Honolulu and Common Cause challenges the legislative practice known as “gut and replace.” It refers to lawmakers stripping a bill of its original content and substituting it with something entirely different.
Gut and replace “cuts the public out of the process... The watchdog groups want the court to void that law and declare the process used to adopt it unconstitutional.
http://www.staradvertiser.com/2018/09/05...gislature/
At a White House meeting in June, President Trump reportedly told Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe that “I remember Pearl Harbor.”
Two government watchdog groups today sued Hawaii for enacting legislation without giving the public the proper chance to weigh in.
The complaint from the League of Women Voters of Honolulu and Common Cause challenges the legislative practice known as “gut and replace.” It refers to lawmakers stripping a bill of its original content and substituting it with something entirely different.
Gut and replace “cuts the public out of the process... The watchdog groups want the court to void that law and declare the process used to adopt it unconstitutional.
http://www.staradvertiser.com/2018/09/05...gislature/
At a White House meeting in June, President Trump reportedly told Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe that “I remember Pearl Harbor.”
"I'm at that stage in life where I stay out of discussions. Even if you say 1+1=5, you're right - have fun." - Keanu Reeves