Legal Opinion · Dissent

League of Education Voters v. State

Washington Supreme Court

Decided February 28, 2013No. 87425-5Published

1DissentC. Johnson, J.

¶42 (dissenting) — In its eagerness to embroil itself in the political arena, the majority abandons any semblance of judicial restraint to declare the process of legislative enactment constitutionally infirm. For the past two decades, the people of this state have repeatedly voted for the supermajority provision, as has the legislature when no initiative occurred. The majority hardly recognizes, let alone analyzes, that this court has been repeatedly asked to step in and decide this issue, and we have consistently held and rejected that invitation. In Walker v. Munro, 124 Wn.2d 402, 879 P.2d…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Raines v. ByrdSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
  2. State v. ManussierWashington Supreme Court · 1996
  3. State v. ManussierWashington Supreme Court · 1996
  4. Walker v. MunroWashington Supreme Court · 1994
  5. Diversified Industries Development Corp. v. RipleyWashington Supreme Court · 1973

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