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make for bad language in the Style Committee if we merely

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adopted Amendment B without considering also Amendment

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C. It is inconceivable that the intention was that

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the General Assembly or the Governor may by law call a

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convention because obviously the Governor cannot make

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law in this field.

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I would suggest that in Delegate Needle's

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statement that this should be left to either branch

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of the policy-making departments of the government that

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this might be an erroneous assumption.

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In recent times, contrary to what the intention

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is in separation of powers, we almost have three policy-

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making branches of government including the judicial.

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I am sure that on equal terms we certainly could not

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include the judicial branch and allow them to have the

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right to call a convention.

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I think that by allowing or taking this

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direct responsibility away from the General Assembly

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alone indicates a sad distrust in the General Assembly,

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the elective representatives of the people, who probably

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are more responsive to the people's wishes than perhaps