League of Women Voters Minnesota v. Ritchie

ANDERSON, PAUL H„ Justice

(dissenting).

Government is instituted for the security, benefit and protection of the people, in whom all political power is inherent, together with the right to alter, modify or reform government whenever required by the public good.

Minn. Const, art. I, § 1 (emphasis added).

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I respectfully dissent.

I write separately because the current Legislature has violated the Minnesota Constitution by refusing to put the text of a proposed constitutional amendment on the November 6, 2012 general election ballot. The Legislature compounds this constitutional…