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catbyte

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5. They haven't had to worry about inconvenient details like the State Constitution. They've been able

Reply to Ford_Prefect (Reply #1)

Thu May 21, 2020, 09:38 PM

May 2020

to run roughshod over the state unimpeded for over a decade so they're not used to being told no. They had the majority in the State House, a supermajority in the State Senate, the Governor, Secretary of State, Attorney General, and the Chief Justice of the State Supreme Court were all republicans. All that changed in 2018. The Executive Branch are all Democrats and the gop lost their supermajority in the Senate and lost several seats in the House.

The party's over, MIgop. And the legislature still refuses to do anything about the damned roads. And bridges. And DAMS.

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Judge tosses Legislature's lawsuit over Gov. Whitmer's emergency powers [View all] alp227 May 2020 OP

"Invalid because of a lack of statutory authority," my #ss! They never read that part of the Ford_Prefect May 2020 #1

They haven't had to worry about inconvenient details like the State Constitution. They've been able catbyte May 2020 #5

Good! llmart May 2020 #2

Good. Those jerks really are doing everything they can to lose their majority. catbyte May 2020 #3

Thank Goodness! Cha May 2020 #4