The Freedom Foundation is filing a lawsuit against Washington State Governor Gregoire for her misuse of power. The Freedom Foundation is arguing that the Governor does not have the right to make law, only to enforce it.
Today the Freedom Foundation and a group of six taxpayers filed a lawsuit to invalidate an executive order issued by Gov. Chris Gregoire.
“We believe Gov. Gregoire’s climate change executive order is an unconstitutional order,” said Michael Reitz, director of the Evergreen Freedom Foundation’s Constitutional Law Center, who represents the taxpayers in this case. “Gov. Gregoire violated the doctrine of separation of powers by snatching a failed bill out of the legislative process and issuing it in the form of an executive order. If the governor wants to pass laws, she’s in the wrong branch of government.”
Executive Order 09-05
Link to complaint
Case background
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