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speak in opposition to the amendment?
Delegate Willoner, do you desire to speak in
favor of the amendment?
DELEGATE WILLONER: Yes, Mr. Chairman.
I really didn't think this was the time to speak on
this question, but Delegate Dukes is trying to make it a
question of judicial administration. I don't think it is
a question of judicial administration. Certainly, it is
unlikely that the legislature would ever get into this
area. The principle that is involved here, to me, is the
most serious principle. It is a question every delegate
is going to have to reach before this discussion of this
issue is over, that is, whether or not we are going to
i delegate the legislative power to the courts.
To me this is a very very serious proposition.
While our present Constitution has concurrently delegated
this power, in this particular article we are delegating
power far beyond what is ordinarily considered an appro-
priate delegation of power to a judicial branch. It seems
i to me that a stand must be taken here, although it would
be more likely to be taken at the last article when we