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mental operations or government offices. This allows them

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to come in and fill the gap, to keep the offices occupied

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and keep the government operating.

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Consequently, it seems to me that this would

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assist in orderly government rather than detract from it.

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THE CHAIRMAN: ' Delegate Lloyd Taylor.

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DELEGATE LLOYD TAYLOR: This is what I was

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trying to find out. Thank you.

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DELEGATE GALLAGHER: This is not an authorizaticn

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to suspend the writ of habeas corpus.

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THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Grant.

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DELEGATE GRANT: Section 4 of RP-2 provided

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that no power of suspension of the laws would be allowed,

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and that section was taken out of the constitution by

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Amendment No. 4 sponsored by Delegate Scanlan.

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Do you see any conflict between the fact that

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the constitution has specifically rejected any suspension

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of law and this provision which is now being proposed?

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THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Gallagher.

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DELEGATE GALLAGHER: No, I don't, and I say that

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the Committee took this action without respect to what