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Michigan Dictatorship

ikcsmiley

Asheville, NC

July 2003

APR 07, 2012 04:33 PM

Michigan House (controlled by the GOP) paased 96% of bills illegally by "Immediate Effect"

Breakdown:
-Normally when you pass a bill in Michigan, you have to wait 3-15 months before it's enforced (to give time for appeals, overturns, adjustments, and for people to find out what crazy shit may have been recently passed).
-In case of an emergency (you need the law to take effect ASAP), the Michigan legislature can use "Immediate Effect" to get the bill to be in effect the day it's signed. This can only be done by a 2/3 majority in the house.
-The GOP controlled house has passed 546 of the total 566 passed bills since the 2010 tea-party wave (where they have control of the house, senate, and governorship) using the "Immediate Effect" precident, even though: a) the GOP does not have 2/3 majority in the house; and b) the Democrates voted as a block against those bills.
-How did they do this magic trick? Watch the linked Maddow report around the 12:50 mark
(it's the equivalent of going into a room, yelling to everybody there "I move to take this chair; votes in favor of this action? *1 second later, after 2 of the 10 people raise their hand, while the others are still turning their heads to see you walk in* Motion approved by Immediate Effect, I will take the chair")

Ahh Michigan, the same state that gave us the Emergency Manager Law, which got passed by Immediate Effect also. It seems finally enough parties are now sick of this that the Dems are suing the Michigan HoR, and a judge has issed an court order to stop the last batch of bills from immediately going into law....but its a bit late for all those others paased over the lase 15 months...

mydogfarted

Oakland, NJ

June 2003

APR 07, 2012 06:10 PM

Wow. This is some hardcore scumbaggery.

Cassiel

Aurora, CO

September 2004

APR 07, 2012 09:24 PM

It seems that if the conservatives can't fuck with us on the national level, they sure as hell will at the state level.

mydogfarted

Oakland, NJ

June 2003

APR 08, 2012 05:17 AM

Cassiel said:
It seems that if the conservatives can't fuck with us on the national level, they sure as hell will at the state level.

But, it's all in the name of freedom and small government.

Letranger

Brooklyn, NY

September 2005

APR 08, 2012 05:38 AM

why did it take the michigan democrats so long to file a lawsuit over this? this is illegal and probably unconstitutional.

METOO

Chicago, IL

October 2011

APR 08, 2012 06:48 AM

LEtranger said:
why did it take the michigan democrats so long to file a lawsuit over this? this is illegal and probably unconstitutional.

They went the "legal" route.

METOO

Chicago, IL

October 2011

APR 08, 2012 06:50 AM

Detroit's been in a state of emergency for decades.

theaceface

Los Angeles, CA

March 2007

APR 11, 2012 04:12 PM

mydogfarted said:

Cassiel said:
It seems that if the conservatives can't fuck with us on the national level, they sure as hell will at the state level.

But, it's all in the name of freedom and small government.

Guess they're using Michigan as a case study.