Morgan v. Department of Social Security

(dissenting) — I am unable to agree with the majority opinion, and therefore dissent upon the following grounds.

The act, as passed by the people of this state, acting in their capacity as legislators, gave to the senior citizens a minimum of forty dollars per month regardless of the action of the national social security board, and the act as interpreted by the majority is unconstitutional.

In the first place, I desire to call attention to some fundamental rules of statutory construction. By those rules I shall demonstrate that the “senior citizens grants act” passed by the people of this…