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of state, and we can intelligently debate whether he has ;
been elected or appointed. [
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Mason.
DELEGATE MASON: I will yield three minutes to
Delegate Cardin.
DELEGATE fARDIN: Mr. Chairman and Ladies and I
Gentlemen of this Convention:
If lam to assume that Delegate Bamberger were
to speak for the majority in that this is a constitutional
matter, I would suggest that we end debate now and take a
vote, because it is obvious the minority agrees, and if the
majority concedes to that, we can save some time. However,
i ;
I am not at all certain that all feel that way.
I would like to speak, not as a venerated jurist,
not as a renowned attorney, not even as an educator, but as
a housewife and voter for the past 20 years.
When I voted for the attorney general -- and I
, voted in each election when he ran for office -- I voted for
an independent attorney general and independent chief legal
i officer of this State. There was no confusion in my
mind then as to what his responsibilities were. I considered