Interesting piece in The Wall Street Journal today on Sharron Angle and her bid to unseat Sen. Harry Reid.
It really did not tell Nevadans much we don’t already know about candidate Angle and her conservative views, but it told us some things about our political history no one knew, mainly because they are false.
The article brings up the Nevada Supreme Court ruling in 2003 that set aside a constitutional mandate that tax increases require a two-thirds majority. It was the case of Guinn v. Legislature.
“She spearheaded a movement to get the Supreme Court replaced,” writes Stephen Moore, a senior economics writer for the editorial page of WSJ. “In the next election in 2006, voters threw out five of the seven members of the Nevada Supreme Court; the other two had retired. ‘It was a referendum on that tax increase vote,’ she (Angle) argues. ‘And the new court came in and reversed that decision and made our constitution whole.’
Now, Angle did in fact spearhead the successful legal fight to get the court to repudiate its 6-1 ruling in Guinn v. Legislature, but I don’t recall, nor can I find, that Angle aggressively sought to replace members of the court.
In fact, the voters only threw out one of the justices, Nancy Becker who lost to Nancy Saitta in 2006.
The ruling was also 6-1 with Justice Bill Maupin in dissent. He retired in 2009.
Of the rest of those in the majority, Deborah Agosti, who wrote the opinion, retired, as did Bob Rose and Miriam Shearing. Myron Leavitt died in 2004. Mark Gibbons is still serving on the court.
In September of 2006 a unanimous Supreme Court, including Becker and Gibbons, reversed the decision of Guinn v. Legislature. Angle said at the time she was $50,000 in debt fighting the legal battle.
Which is probably MORE than she'd accomplish in the Senate. Yeah, right, elect this clown. Then Nevada will have ZERO Senate representation.
Here is the contemporary story from 2006, when the NV Supreme Court reversed their earlier unconstitutional ruling:
http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Sep-12-Tue-2006/news/9595011.html
Angle basically won her fight against all 3 branches of the NV state government, using Article IV, Section 4 of the U.S. constitution - "Republican form of government" i.e., a state has to have and follow its own constitution!!
And here is the real story on Harry Reid, who blocked all votes on SA 239, after the House passed it 407 to 2!!! Reid thus intentionally gave 300,000 American-funded jobs to illegal aliens. Thanks, Harry.
http://therealharryreid.org/
I'd rather have zero representation then the current representation destroying this country with the things they do accomplish.
How you like your change now tards?
I'd rather have zero representation then the current representation destroying this country with the things they do accomplish.
How you like your change now tards?
Just the very thought of being so selfish warms the cockle of me heart.
Although your numbers are growing, not everyone works, or is kept, by tax dollars. 'Us' working stiffs here in the private sector, don't have your delusional feeling of being 'saved' by this DC band of Alinkyites.
Yet the economists state we'd have gone into a depression if the Obama Administration hadn't 'saved' us with the stimulus. In a depression 14% unemployment would have been considered good.
We're getting a repeat of FDR's 12 year depression, caused by all his meddling, socialist policies.
Are we to learn NOTHING from history, Jerry?
We're referring to real economists (some of who were Bush's); not the paid, right-wing hand-wringers that can't justify their faux figures. I've stated fact; you're still into childish name-calling.
When you promote the planks of the Communist Manifesto, that has a tendency to get you labeled as a communist. Right, comrade?
In other words, you're not helping your delusional credibility any, by citing Bush economist (hello Tarp anyone) in defense of reckless, Marxist government spending.
Ya got that, Comrade?
And sooner or later you're going to have to own the name you support. When you drool and cheer lead the Obama administration's drive to cement all of the planks contained in the Communist Manifesto; why don't you drop the act and admit your a communist?
Once again you make my point for me: "In the face of my posted facts... no rebuttle, only posts of Athos name-calling."
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