Two Property Initiatives Shot Dead - #24
Posted by
Eric de Place
09/14/2006 05:10 PM
Words of the day: fraud and unconstitutional
[Note: This is part of a series.]
What do the words "fraud" and "unconstitutional" have in common? (Hint: It relates to my latest obsession.)
Give up?
Okay, the answer is that those words were used by courts in Nevada and Montana to describe the "takings" initiatives in those states. What's perhaps even more interesting is that those words--and the legal reasoning that engendered them--could easily be applied to the mirror-image ballot measures in four other states.
Here's what happened.
