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kwiens3y ago· 2 in thread

New York's chapter amendment process is totally novel in my legislative experience, haven't come across it anywhere else. Gives the governor a lot of power.

paws3y ago

Do you have links about this?

I was extremely disappointed [1] when I learned about Hochul's last minute nerfing of right to repair and I'd be curious to learn more how the governors office acquired that power. IANAL but thought separation of powers was supposed to be guaranteed by the Constitutions, both US and NY. What happened?

[1] https://twitter.com/onpaws/status/1618787954306211840

kQq9oHeAz6wLLS3y ago

Lots of things are supposed to be guaranteed by various constitutions which, sadly, are not.

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icelancer3y ago· 2 in thread

"I don't think NY was any different - AFAIK the governor didn't "mess" with it (despite the reporting making it look that way); she just didn't sign it until the legislature revised it."

Isn't this a distinction without a difference?

dataflowOP3y ago

I think you might've missed the point of the discussion? We're comparing what powers the governor of each state has, with respect to signing legislation in general.

kortilla3y ago

No, because the Colorado governor could do the same.

z3c03y ago

I was about to say the same. It appears the NY bill was ineffective from the jump and wouldn't have amounted to more than pageantry for the companies refusing to give such rights. It was a good thing that is was killed at the last minute.

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