Virginia Lieutenant Governor Bolling has issued this ruling on his power to break deadlocks in the Virginia Senate. In brief, Bolling concludes that his power to vote includes organizational matters such as determining rules of procedure and voting on officers. However, he also finds that he lacks the power to vote on final passage of [...]
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Virginia Court Declines to Hear Challenge to Lieutenant Governor’s Right to Vote in Senate
On ripeness and separation-of-powers grounds. Decision can be found here. No cite to Point of Order. Sigh.
Can a Court Resolve the Virginia Senate Deadlock?
Virginia Democrats may go to court over the issue of whether the Lieutenant Governor can break ties on organizational matters in the Senate. As indicated in a previous post, I am skeptical about the merits of this claim. (Another useful resource on this subject is the website of the National Conference of State Legislatures, which [...]
AIG Executives, Dodd Donations and the Connecticut Legislative Hearing
What do Joseph Rooney, Chris Phole, Steven Pike, Greg Ruffa, Leonid Shekhtman, Christian Todd, Joseph Cassano, Steven Wagar, Doug Poling, and Jonathan Liebergall have in common? Well, first, they are all AIG executives who received bonuses that are now the subject of more or less universal outrage. Second, they have all been subpoenaed to [...]
Whats Blumenthal Got To Do With It?
According to a press release yesterday entitled “Bank Committee Chairs, Attorney General Issue Subpoenas for A.I.G. Employees”: “State Senator Bob Duff (D-Norwalk) and Representative Ryan Barry (D-Manchester), co-chairs of the General Assembly’s Banks Committee, with Attorney General Richard Blumenthal today issued subpoenas commanding several A.I.G. employees, including CEO Edward M. Liddy, to appear at [...]