The conservative media has for long asserted that liberals, upon failing to or anticipating the failure of passage of their absurd and harmful policies through the normal legislative process, will attempt to ram them down the people’s throats using the judiciary.

 This is from the Tacoma News Tribune’s South Sound Section B, on Friday, March 6, 2009, by AP’s Rachel La Corte:

 “HIGH COURT DISMISSES TAX CASE: State senator questions constitutionality of two-third vote rule on laws.”

 Now before we point out in brilliant rhetorical style how the plaintiff in this case, the Democrat Senate Majority Leader in the Washington State Legislature, proved exactly what conservatives have insisted all along, a round of applause is due the Washington State Supreme Court.  “The court, led by Justice Mary Fairhurst, said the challenge brought by Senate Majority Leader Lisa Brown, D-Spokane, was a political question involving the Legislature, and not to be answered by the courts.”  This is what is meant when we advocate justices who interpret the laws of the Constitution rather than rewrite them.  Bravo, Justice Fairhurst and our State Supreme Court!

 Now, to illustrate the patently aggressive, disrespectful assault on the state constitution by the Legislature’s leading Democrat.

 “Brown had argued that Washington’s ‘supermajority’ tax-vote rule is unconstitutional because it effectively alters the state constitution’s provision that lawmakers need a simple majority to pass laws.  The supermajority law was passed by initiative, but Brown argued that a constitutional amendment – much more difficult to pass – is needed to alter the legislature’s voting powers.”  Later in the article it says, “Many lawmakers, particularly Democrats, dislike the two-thirds vote requirement’s infringement on their powers” (our emphasis).

 NOW …

 This is taken from the Washington State Constitution’s Article I, Declaration of Rights.

SECTION 1: POLITICAL POWER

“All political power is inherent in the people, and governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed, and are established to protect and maintain individual rights,” SENATOR!!!

SECTION 29: CONSTITUTION MANDATORY

“The provisions of this Constitution are mandatory, unless by express words they are declared to be otherwise,” SENATOR!!!

AND …

From Article II, Legislative Department.

SECTION 1: LEGISLATIVE POWERS, WHERE VESTED

“Section A, Initiative: The first power reserved by the people is the initiative … Such initiative measures, whether certified or provisionally certified, shall take precedence over ALL other measures in the legislature except appropriation bills and shall be either enacted or rejected without change or amendment by the legislature before the end of such regular session,” SENATOR!!!

Now there it is in plain English, folks.  These are not opinion columns offered by the editorial board of the Ever Red State Network, as brilliantly correct as that would be.  These are the words of a liberal Democrat angry that she can’t get her way and trying to subvert the legislative process she swore to uphold by sneaking it through the state supreme court.  They were countered by the excellent words of a government official who is actually doing the job she swore to do, which is to decide cases based on the pre-existing laws in the state constitution instead of rewriting them from the bench.  And behind that judge stood the even more profound and powerful words of the constitution of the State of Washington.

But as for the angry liberal Democrat who tried to play hard and fast with the rules, we now add Senate Majority Leader Lisa Brown to our list of Democrats we hope will fail.  SENATOR BROWN!  WE HOPE YOU FAIL!  WE HOPE YOU ARE BOOTED FROM OFFICE IN THE NEXT ELECTION!

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