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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s use of emergency powers to make far-reaching policies during the pandemic was upheld Wednesday by state appellate judges who rejected a lower court finding that the Democrat had done too much unilaterally.
Three judges from the 3rd District Court of Appeal in Sacramento ruled unanimously that the prior judge erred in interpreting the Emergency Services Act to prohibit the Governor from issuing quasi-legislative orders in an emergency. We conclude the issuance of such orders did not constitute an unconstitutional delegation of legislative power, they said in ruling on a lawsuit brought by Republican state legislators.
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Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom was justified in his use of emergency powers during the pandemic to expand mail-in-voting, an appellate court ruled Wednesday. The decision striked down a lower court’s finding that Newsom had overstepped his authority.
The three-judge panel from the Third District Court of Appeal in Sacramento ruled a lower court judge “erred in interpreting the Emergency Services Act to prohibit the Governor from issuing quasi-legislative orders in an emergency. We conclude the issuance of such orders did not constitute an unconstitutional delegation of legislative power.”
Two Republican assemblymen, James Gallagher and Kevin Kiley, sued Newsom in June. They argued his executive order to send mail-in ballots to every voter was “null and void as it is an unconstitutional exercise of legislative powers reserved only to the Legislature, nor is [was] it a permitted action” under the Emergency Services Act, according to the court’s opinio
Three judges from the 3rd District Court of Appeal in Sacramento ruled unanimously that the prior judge “erred in interpreting the Emergency Services Act to prohibit the Governor from issuing quasi-legislative orders in an emergency.
Updated on May 5, 2021 at 1:31 pm
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s use of emergency powers to make far-reaching policies during the pandemic was upheld Wednesday by state appellate judges who rejected a lower court finding that the Democrat had done too much unilaterally.
Three judges from the 3rd District Court of Appeal in Sacramento ruled unanimously that the prior judge “erred in interpreting the Emergency Services Act to prohibit the Governor from issuing quasi-legislative orders in an emergency. Download our mobile app for iOS or Android to get the latest breaking news and local stories.
“We conclude the issuance of such orders did not constitute an unconstitutional delegation of legislative power,” they said in ruling on a lawsuit brought by Republican state legislators.
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May 5, 2021 04:16 pm
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s use of emergency powers to make far-reaching policies during the pandemic was upheld Wednesday by state appellate judges who rejected a lower court finding that the Democrat had done too much unilaterally.
Three judges from the 3rd District Court of Appeal in Sacramento ruled unanimously that the prior judge “erred in interpreting the Emergency Services Act to prohibit the Governor from issuing quasi-legislative orders in an emergency.”
“We conclude the issuance of such orders did not constitute an unconstitutional delegation of legislative power,” Presiding Justice Vance Raye wrote in ruling on a lawsuit brought by Republican state legislators.