Comment by ceejayoz

5 hours ago

Fine. I wanna scrap the pardon power. Trade?

https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-promises-mass-pard...

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ceejayoz

Pardon power competes with governors (at least NY) being able to edit laws before signing them for most anachronistic/dystopian feature of the US state.

ceejayoz 4 hours ago

You've reminded me of an absolutely bizzare line item veto story.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line-item_veto_in_the_United_S...
> In 2023, Governor Tony Evers used a line-item veto to extend what was supposed to be a two year temporary funding increase for schools to last over 400 years.
https://www.businessinsider.com/wisconsin-tony-evers-400-yea...
> Evers was able to make the nearly 400-year-old addition by vetoing part of a phrase that had referred to the 2024-25 school year, by striking a hyphen and the "20." When read together, the legislature's previous proposals for the 2023-24 and the 2024-25 school years became 2023-2425.
The WI Supreme Court upheld it. What a fucked-up system.
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