Expect Elected Leaders to Lead, Not Punt
These folks talk cynical about trusting elected officials, and beat their chests about the wisdom of the masses, as if...
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The Medical Marijuana Measure Was So Stupidly Written It Didn’t Actually Decriminalize Medical Marijuana
There has been a lot of carrying on about the Legislature undermining the "will of the people" by taking up...
Down With Initiated Measures, Because All American Policymaking Should Be Subject to Checks and Balances
A week ago, in my Sunday newspaper column (here's the Dickinson Press version), I questioned the wisdom of legislating at...
Amendment To Resolution Would Ban Initiated Constitutional Measures That Appropriate Money
Update: Senator David Hogue emails to make it clear that this amendment impacts only constituitonal measures. Statutory measures that appropriate...
CNN Poll: Support For Gun Control Is Slipping
Democrats were in a hurry to push through tough new gun control regulations after the Sandy Hook murders, and here's...
In The Legislature, A Debate Over Direct Democracy Versus Representative Democracy
Today the House Judiciary Committee played host to a packed room full of people testifying on HCR3011 which would, if...
Senate Passes Resolution To Give Legislature Veto Over Some Initiated Measures
In North Dakota citizens are allowed to legislate directly through the initiated measure process per Article III of the state...
Legislator Proposes Bill Making Constitutional Petition Process Harder
There have been a lot of measures on North Dakota's ballots over the last few years, and it appears as...
Democrat Introduces Constitutional Amendment To End Presidential Term Limits
Rep. José Serrano of New York has introduced H.J.Res. 15, an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to...
