June 2023

NATIONAL NOTES.1 30 JUNE 2023

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NATIONAL NOTES 30 JUNE 2023

Supreme Court justices rule state lawmakers do not have exclusive control over elections in key decision. Allow me to break it down for you. Here’s what the ruling means: If a state’s entire Supreme Court consists of justices put there by a governor who was a Democrat, they will have the last say in election disputes and can overrule the state’s legislature, even though Republicans hold a majority in the legislature, and Article 1 of the Constitution says that it’s the legislature’s job. Of course, on the other hand, if the Supreme Court members and legislative majorities are reversed from the above example, the favor will fall to commonsensers.

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OREGON OBSERVATIONS 30 JUNE 2023

Eugene embraces exciting enhancements: City council commits $50 million for downtown development. I can’t wait till this fall when the recommendations come back after the staff study. It wouldn’t surprise me in the LEAST if the staff had a déjà vu moment and recommended they convert the entire downtown core into a pedestrian-only giant sidewalk like they did in the early ‘70s. It only took ‘em 31 years to realize they had made a mistake and completely reopened it to vehicular traffic. If you ever wondered why some of the streets in that area are paved with red bricks, it’s a holdover from the artsy-fartsy days that gave Hippieville its name. 

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