CSPAN3 Key Capitol Hill Hearings March 30, 2015
Very clear in smiley and in hillenbrand that were defining legislature in this clause as meaning legislative process. With all due respect i disagree. This court heard the argument in the briefs in smiley, and one side was saying just that. One side was saying Legislature Just means the legislative process in the state, whatever that is. The other side said no, it means the representative body of the people. And this court said, well, actually we dont have to decide that dispute but we certainly agreed that it means the representative body of the people just as we said five years earlier in th...