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The United States Constitution just says that
the President shall be the commander-in-chief of the Army
and says the Congress shall have the power to raise an
Army and Navy and that's about all it says.
I don't see any reason we should get into the
detail in the Maryland Constitution in any greater degree
than it is done in the Federal Constitution.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Wheat ley.
DELEGATE WHEATLEY: I rise in opposition to the
amendment. I think Delegate Fox pointed out well that the
Federal Constitution is very brief in this regard. How-
ever, I would suggest this is a dangerous precedent to
establish for adopting or rejecting a given proposal.
If we follow this pattern, we would make no
provision at all for our courts other than say the
General Assembly may from time to time provide for a court
system. We might carry this reasoning a step further into
the field of local government and say that the General
Assembly from time to time shall provide for local
government.
I suggest that the reasons advanced by Delegate |
