Focus (Forum & Focus)
Aug. 20, 2007
Legislative Secrets
Forum Column - By Ronald A. Zumbrun - The California Legislature's decision to take over a construction project without proper authority leads to one of two conclusions: The body violated one of its own acts, or its members committed a misdemeanor.
By Ronald A. Zumbrun
If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: You must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself." - James Madison, Fede...
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