Comments about ‘Utah Supreme Court hears case alleging legislative 'log rolling'’

The story fails to mention that the bill's sponsor was Sen. Howard Stephenson, R-Draper. Enough said.

This is a separation of powers issue. Is the Utah Supreme Court going to second guess every bill passed FOUR YEARS afterwards?

Nice try, blaming it on the Republican majority. The Democrats area always the ones wanting to spend more (and more and more) on education. Final votes for passage of the bill in question were 61-12 in the House and 22-3 in the Senate, so this was a bipartisan bill, not some evil Republican scheme.

Let's just say the Supremes declare it unconstitutional. Then what? Rescind the pay raises for teacher since 2008 and try to collect back the money "illegally" paid to the teachers? Tear down any buildings approved in the bill?

This is a frivolous, headline seeking maneuver, aimed at trying to tar Republicans as bad guys, just in time for the election.

If people do not like what legislators do, then vote them out of office. You can do that every two years (including this November). It is noteworthy that there were elections in 2008 and 2010 since this bill passed, and apparently little public outrage over it.

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Look at your numbers this was not bi-partisan unless you call bi-partisan a bill that is supported by the far right and the moderate right. Bi-partisan would indicate a significant majority of both parties. The omnibus bill by design eliminates from the public view much of what was done on the education budget and crams it in during the last hours of the final night of the session. Really is that how you want your legislators to do their business.

Oh and by the way having teachers give back their raises since 2008, there haven't been any, so that shouldn't be a problem. I think what you must have intended to say was that you would have to restore the salaries cuts teachers have experienced since 2008.