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To: Publius; Congressman Billybob

This is not meant to seem a silly question..Assume hypothetically, and happily, that some time in the future, the GOP wins the case, there is a new election, and the GOP wins that as well..EWhat happens to everything that Gregoire did while she was in office..since she wasn't really elected? Does it all just disappear..since she wasn't really elected, anything she signs/does is therefore illegal?


8 posted on 02/18/2005 1:09:00 PM PST by ken5050 (The Dem party is as dead as the NHL..)
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To: ken5050
This is one of those nebulous areas where the judge's final order will have to answer that question. Logically, if the election is annulled, then Gregoire was never governor, and all her appointments and signed/vetoed bills are null and void. But the law is not necessarily logical.

Look to the judge on this one.

12 posted on 02/18/2005 1:12:40 PM PST by Publius (The people of a democracy choose the government they want, and they ought to get it good and hard.)
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To: ken5050; Publius
What happens to everything that Gregoire did while she was in office..since she wasn't really elected?

I don't know diddly squat about this, but wouldn't it actually be the Legislature who is making all the changes, etc, and she then signs them? Does the Lieutenant Governor also sign? I would think since it is the Legislature who would be doing this those would stay, but if (can she) do executive orders like the President? Those could be overturned by the new elected Governor.

30 posted on 02/18/2005 1:33:42 PM PST by Spunky ("Everyone has a freedom of choice, but not of consequences.")
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