Our imperial judiciary: Kansas edition
Lawrence Journal-World:
Topeka -- In a landmark ruling, a unanimous Kansas Supreme Court on Friday ordered state lawmakers to increase school funding by $285 million by July 1, a decision that will force a special legislative session and a possible tax increase.
The court expressed urgency in getting the Legislature to act, saying " ... we cannot continue to ask current Kansas students to 'be patient.' The time for education is now."
The decision rocked Kansas politics and was a blow to Republicans who control the Legislature with large majorities and had put together the school finance plan that the court dissected.
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Senate President Steve Morris, R-Hugoton, said he was shocked by the ruling, and that it could result in tax increases, budget cuts, expanded gambling, or any combination.
"It puts us in uncharted waters," Morris said. "I don't believe the Legislature has ever been put in this position before."
My Lords, rather than instruct the Kansas Legislature to act on your behalf, why not just order it dissolved sine die and cut out the middlemen altogether?* You could then write the budget and set the tax tables on your own. After all, isn't it tiresome pretending that there are any restraints on your power, or that you owe deference to mere commoners?
The order of the Kansas Imperium is available in html.
(*Honestly, can that be far behind?)