Legal Opinion
Republican Party v. New Mexico Taxation & Revenue Department
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided June 28, 2012No. Docket 32,524PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SERNA, Justice.
{1} “All political power is vested in and derived from the people: all government of right originates with the people, is founded upon their will and is instituted solely for their good.” N.M. Const, art. II, § 2. The co-equal branches of the government of the State of New Mexico, N.M. Const, art. Ill, § 1, like those of the United States of America, are expressly limited to the exercise of powers delegated to them by our citizens. Our democratic system of government necessarily “assumes the existence of an informed citizenry. . . . Without some protection for the…
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