Payback for 2/3 majority ruling? Senators want to trim state Supreme Court

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Still stinging from a Supreme Court ruling last week that overturned tax-increase constraints on the Legislature, three Republican senators have introduced a bill seeking to cut four high court justices.

The measure, introduced Wednesday, would require the current nine justices to draw straws. The four who draw the shortest straws “shall be terminated, and those judges shall not serve the remainder of their respective unexpired terms.”

Any savings to the state would be used to fund basic education. That section is a reference to the court’s order that the Legislature is not fulfilling its constitutional duty to pay for education in the state.

Republican Sen. Michael Baumgartner of Spokane insists it’s a serious bill, saying that as the Legislature looks for cuts in other areas of state government, “why should the judiciary be exempt?”

http://www.thenewstribune.com/2013/03/07/2502788/payback-senators-want-to-trim.html#storylink=cpy



Senator Baumgartner?

[freshwest]

1. They'll ensure their bagger who took Sander's spot will have the longest straw up the sleeve...

Then prepare for a flood of legislation to cut out public worker unions, services, and privatize everything. It'll be Jay Inslee's job to hold these criminals back from destroying the place. And good on the SC for stomping on Tim 'Starve the Beast' Eyeman's latest attempt to destroy good governance in WA, straight from ALEC and Grover Nordquist. Oh, no, they ain't done.