A legislative veto on regulations and emergency declarations would be compatible with the separation of powers principle. Requiring legislative approval for core executive branch functions isn’t.
Category Archives: Ballot Measures
Prop. 140: A flawed but necessary reform
An open primary fits and serves today’s electorate. Prop. 133, the MAGA Legislature’s competing measure, is either meaningless or pernicious.
Prop. 314: Much Ado about Nothing Much
The ballot measure has managed to stir up all the unhelpful emotions about immigration policy on both sides while doing virtually nothing substantive.
Yes on Bolick and King, No on Prop. 137
The anti-retention campaign illustrates the threat retention elections pose to an independent judiciary, but Prop. 137 has too many flaws to be an acceptable alternative.
Is immigration the Arizona GOP’s last hurrah?
HCR 2060 is best thought of as a political Hail Mary pass. Substantively, it doesn’t amount to much.
Prop. 309’s biggest problem: Voter Protection Act
The details of voting procedures, including verifying ballots, shouldn’t be beyond the legislature’s ability to reform, repair, or refine.
Prop. 208 drafters have themselves to blame for its legal demise
The attempt at dodging a constitutional spending limit was the original sin.
Why aren’t teacher salaries already much higher?
Teacher pay lags behind overall K-12 funding increases. Over a billion dollars a year is now earmarked for teacher pay, but the boost hasn’t been as much as it should be.
State high court invites more ballot summary litigation
In explaining why Prop. 208 got to stay on the ballot after its 2018 version was booted off, the court sought to clarify the rules for those drafting intiatives. Instead, it muddied the waters further.
Troubling details in the legal marijuana initiative
From forbidding the regulation of smoked weed potency to waving away consititutional spending limits, the details of Prop. 207 are concerning.