tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post7703897637624409072..comments2024-03-29T05:32:54.378-05:00Comments on Jackson Jambalaya: Sid Salter: Voter Initiative Ruling Will Impact Medicaid Expansion, Voting Change EffortsKingfishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06184990110961727404noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-72486202870957942252021-04-23T08:39:56.079-05:002021-04-23T08:39:56.079-05:00KF, I understand, but if the failure is not that o...KF, I understand, but if the failure is not that of the voters or those who crafted and signed the initiative, then it's a political ploy/game to make sure initiatives don't succeed by deliberately putting in a loophole to sabotage initiatives or through legislative incompetence.<br /><br />Strict construction is a euphemism these days for ignoring historical context or intent and being literal sentence by sentence as if there are no paragraphs.<br /><br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-31065047464184531012021-04-22T08:42:28.684-05:002021-04-22T08:42:28.684-05:00When initiatives make it to the ballots they are p...When initiatives make it to the ballots they are purposefully convoluted and vague for most voters to understand. Adequate education funding and the flag were laughable choices on the ballots. I recall JT instructing listeners to vote one way then correcting himself to instruct voting the opposite way re education funding. <br /><br />Mississippi politics is such a corrupt and laughable government that the rest of the nation laughs at us. Even Illinois and New Jersey recognizes how outrageous Jackson is. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-47129242579801028802021-04-22T07:46:31.223-05:002021-04-22T07:46:31.223-05:00The initiative process should be scrapped and re-w...The initiative process should be scrapped and re-written. One, to make it easier for voters to get something on the ballot. And, two, to allow initiatives to enact LAWS, and NOT to tinker with the Constitution. The latter is unnecessary, and potentially dangerous.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-14541900817919992632021-04-21T16:59:05.505-05:002021-04-21T16:59:05.505-05:00Well Sid for the first time in awhile I agree with...Well Sid for the first time in awhile I agree with you. Seems to me our legislators love to cut off their noises to spite their faces. Marijuana bills have been brought up some twenty times to the legislature and every time they’ve killed them. All this crap could have been avoided had they just worked with the voters and compromised. Sometimes legislators who don’t give a rats ass what voters want have to dragged kicking a screaming into reality. Medical marijuana is that reality and a million Mississippians voted to make it happen. Should legislators again refuse to compromise they will be kicked to the curbJTnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-91288056175299057632021-04-21T15:32:50.110-05:002021-04-21T15:32:50.110-05:00"The voters gave Initiative 65 a 73.7 percent..."The voters gave Initiative 65 a 73.7 percent approval..."<br /><br />Not that it matters worth a tinker's damn, but Gerard says it was 63% and he obsesses daily over being correct. <br /><br />That it passed by 50% + 1 is irrelevant to the decision before the court today. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-23398286070124205352021-04-21T10:36:29.436-05:002021-04-21T10:36:29.436-05:00Except this is not about a due process clause but ...Except this is not about a due process clause but a specifically prescribed set of procedures in the state constitution. For example, if the Constitution says 3rd Saturday of the month for something, you can't just say it means Thursday or Tuesday. Kingfishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06184990110961727404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-23081177578153829352021-04-21T10:21:15.898-05:002021-04-21T10:21:15.898-05:008:51am It's a pity when "strict construc...8:51am It's a pity when "strict construction of the Constitution" is an excuse to believe it's not the 21st century and that neither common sense, the common good of society, or reason should allow a judge to consider what century this is.<br /><br />Some of us know, since we can read their intent in their letters that all Constitutions were written to be broad and general enough to be flexible to the times. The Founder actually understood that they were not psychic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-82513155999703784592021-04-21T09:56:05.833-05:002021-04-21T09:56:05.833-05:00>75%
"Journalist" malpractice.>75%<br />"Journalist" malpractice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-57758465163726995872021-04-21T08:51:50.390-05:002021-04-21T08:51:50.390-05:00Translation: "The sky is going to fall if ou...Translation: "The sky is going to fall if our judges strictly construe the constitution. And we'll make them pay if they do that."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-26311174338166651442021-04-21T08:41:46.108-05:002021-04-21T08:41:46.108-05:00I believe that if 74% of voters approve of this an...I believe that if 74% of voters approve of this and these same voters elect the Supreme Court judges, and I were one of these justices. I would do all I need to to enact this law. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-5052760059161604572021-04-21T08:40:50.766-05:002021-04-21T08:40:50.766-05:00The voters gave Initiative 65 a 73.7 percent appro...<i>The voters gave Initiative 65 a 73.7 percent approval while giving the legislative alternative Initiative 65A only 26.3 percent of the vote</i><br /><br />Previously detailed on <i>JJ</i> as incorrect.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com