Posted by
Jack on Friday, April 03, 2009 12:28:17 PM
Chris Christie called this week for initiative and referendum and
conservatives should embrace it regardless of their suspicions of him.
New
Jersey is one of only a handful of states that does not allow its
citizens to initiate new laws directly. Its Governor, legislature and
supreme court have been therefore unobstructed in their decades-long
march leftward.
With initiative and referendum -- especially
in the new age of electronic communication -- voters can block, reverse
and override their lawmakers. More importantly, they could, on their
own, restore to themselves the powers held hostage by the corrupt
political establishment.