I was under the impression that impeachment is not a "I didn't get my way, I'm going to remove you from office" card. It's not for validating the whims of the electorate because some of them think they're not being served. It's for bringing official charges to an elected official and putting them on trial. What charges can you file against the governor based on this short article and actually bring to trial?
You just entirely destroyed the EPA.
https://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R42635.pdf
Additionally, states generally can't impair existing contracts through legislation due to the contracts clause.
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contract_Clause (mainly because i'm too lazy to write it all up here).
> would allow foreign corporations to sue the United States government for actions that undermine their investment “expectations” and hurt their business
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/26/business/trans-pacific-par...
While in some sense that corresponds to the words I used (by which I mean, I see why you mention it as relevant), it definitely doesn't come close to applying here, as that is international law.
Yeah, but there's probably bad consequences to it also.
His Wikipedia page currently has one section which is a long hit piece written by pro-solar flacks, but that seems likely to be cleaned up as soon as other Wikipedia editors take notice. Other than that, I don’t see much evidence that he’s in any particular trouble.
“Political suicide” seems like a fairly dramatic exaggeration, unless you’re sitting on some information the rest of us don’t know about.
(Note: I think the Nevada Republican party is crazy, and am strongly pro-solar myself... but let’s not kid ourselves here.)
Edit: Sandoval’s statement about the SolarCity announcement, http://www.news3lv.com/media/lib/166/0/e/8/0e8f2127-0e76-464...
I have seen very little evidence that this is true, at least in the last 50 years or so. Sure, there are isolated recalls here and there, but the vast majority suffer no repercussions regardless of how they act.
A single vote every few years is a piss-poor way of making your voice heard, but it's what we have. The current state of affairs makes it seem clear that our system does not work well, regardless of what we were taught in Civics class.
edit: woops that's what I get for skimming too fast, thanks :)
Politicians need to be taught that they serve at the pleasure of the people, and when they stop doing what they are told, they will no longer be employed. Nevada has been one of the most pro-solar states in the US, and what he is doing is political suicide.