Gov. Newsom’s call for a special session during the Legislature’s regular session to fund an attorney general’s office that currently has sufficient funding is not merely a misuse of gubernatorial power. It will distract and constrain the Legislature from addressing California’s real problems.
Gov. Newsom’s call on December 2 for a mere $25 million fund for the Department of Justice and other agencies to prepare for potential litigation against the Trump administration underscores that the special session is for show, not substance.
In any event, there was no need to call a special session commencing December 2 when the California Constitution provides for the Legislature to convene its regular session on that same day.
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Newsom’s wrongheaded special session is a misuse of gubernatorial power
Daniel Kolkey
Gov. Newsom’s call for a special session during the Legislature’s regular session to fund an attorney general’s office that currently has sufficient funding is not merely a misuse of gubernatorial power. It will distract and constrain the Legislature from addressing California’s real problems.
Gov. Newsom’s call on December 2 for a mere $25 million fund for the Department of Justice and other agencies to prepare for potential litigation against the Trump administration underscores that the special session is for show, not substance.
In any event, there was no need to call a special session commencing December 2 when the California Constitution provides for the Legislature to convene its regular session on that same day.
Read the entire op-ed in The Orange County Register.
Nothing contained in this blog is to be construed as necessarily reflecting the views of the Pacific Research Institute or as an attempt to thwart or aid the passage of any legislation.