Re:California bans private prisons
by dragonwriter on Thursday September 12, 2019 @06:42PM
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> This is the key.
No, it's not.
> With Gov Brown, he still had a modicum of temperance
That's a difference between Brown and Newsome, yes.
> that they couldn't override.
There was a Democratic supermajority for a session under Brown, too, but (both now and then) the Democrats in the legislature aren't marching in lockstep on the rare issues where there is a majority in conflict with the Democratic governor, so while the supermajority is significant, it's more because (1) it means swinging a few votes isn't enough to deny a majority, and (2) some legislation requires a supermajority even without a veto, not because of he possibility for veto overrides of a same-party governor.
No, it's not.
> With Gov Brown, he still had a modicum of temperance
That's a difference between Brown and Newsome, yes.
> that they couldn't override.
There was a Democratic supermajority for a session under Brown, too, but (both now and then) the Democrats in the legislature aren't marching in lockstep on the rare issues where there is a majority in conflict with the Democratic governor, so while the supermajority is significant, it's more because (1) it means swinging a few votes isn't enough to deny a majority, and (2) some legislation requires a supermajority even without a veto, not because of he possibility for veto overrides of a same-party governor.