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State Chapters => State Politics/Government => Topic started by: PeteS in CA on May 24, 2021, 10:44:15 pm
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Pennsylvania Voters Strip Governor’s Powers After He Closed Churches, Left Abortion Clinics Open
https://www.lifenews.com/2021/05/21/pennsylvania-voters-strip-governors-powers-after-he-closed-churches-left-abortion-clinics-open/ (https://www.lifenews.com/2021/05/21/pennsylvania-voters-strip-governors-powers-after-he-closed-churches-left-abortion-clinics-open/)
If you abuse power long enough, you’ll lose it. That was the message from Pennsylvanians to Democratic Governor Tom Wolf, the first chief executive in the country to be stripped of some of his executive authority. The blowback — which has brewing for months — was a result of the governor’s COVID policies, which voters have obviously decided were too oppressive and overreaching. To put an end to Governor Wolf’s “dictatorship,” as some called it, they’ve completely rewritten the state’s emergency powers.
It was the first state in the nation to accomplish it — but 44 others could follow. After mask mandates, lockdowns, capacity limits, and church closures, the American people are saying, “Enough!.” The next time there’s a pandemic or other disaster, voters are doing everything they can to make sure more than one person is calling the shots. By a seven-point spread (53 to 46 percent), Pennsylvanians passed constitutional amendments that a) limit emergency declarations to three weeks (not three months) and b) require legislative approval to extend them.