Before I go any further - I would like to inform all of you that the orders now (from the Homosexual/Democrats) concerning me are - and I quote - "Off Him, and make it look like an 'Accident' or a 'Local Incident'!"
I heard this as recently as Yesterday!
Personally.
So what does that mean? Besides, being boring?
After decades of death threats, I have to really force myself to have any reaction whatsoever. I choose to be analytical.
It means - Democrat/Homosexuals are still
Homosexual/Democrats!
It means - Human Resisters are still Human Resisters!
It means - Cowards pretending to be Christians, are
still Cowards pretending to be Christians!
It means - Christians hiding behind false hopes, are
still Christians hiding behind false hopes!
It means - Horrible Demo-Iowa is still Horrible
Demo-Iowa!
It means - The Real Iowa is still the Real Iowa!
And, I Thank You All!
You make fighting this War, so easy.
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This is the first part of The Awesome-The Awful-And The Atrocious II. I am going to do this one in sections. There is a lot involved in each section.
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THE AWESOME II:
1. JAN MICKELSON AND MESSAGE ABOUT CHEESY HARKIN:
This one is simple. The work has been done for me, and very well done.
Let me explain something to those of you who are not writers and/or commenters. An article like this one from Jan Mickelson is literally 'Music To My Eyes'!
Mon, 22 June 2009
Harkin Apologizes for Slavery...Didja get yours yet?
When will Senator Harkin apologize for enslaving Iowans?
I see that while I was gone on vacation, the political parasite class has again tried to push the guilt gland with yet another apology for slavery….even though some 140 years have passed since illegal slavery was banned by Constitutional amendment, bought with the price of hundreds of thousands of lives in an unholy war…and the destruction of our form of government…a constitutional republic.
The same bottom feeders which always thrive by cultural conflict are at it again. Sen. Harkin and other likely suspects have issued yet another apology for long gone offenses to a generation which has no victims of slavery…merely recipients of the blessings of liberty and other people’s money.
In the slight chance that I could be wrong, I think I’ll take Harkin’s apology seriously…and apply it consistently and maliciously.
Slavery and involuntary servitude…that is, compelled labor or service in the behalf of somebody else…was regulated by the Thirteenth Amendment.. Does the Constitution make it all illegal? No…the 13th Amendment declares it illegal to enslave or compel service out of anybody but criminals. Be certain. The ONLY person who can be legally indentured to another is a criminal impressed into service for the restitution of his victims.
Do you see any other person or class listed by the Constitution who can be legally impressed into the service of others? No!
Therefore, to be compelled to pay the bills of someone else is slavery.. So, if an apology for slavery is going to be issued by Harkin and other cultural Marxists, for past illegal slavery, then we should also extend it to a bunch more people.
If we are going to apologize to victims of slavery, we’ll have to apologize to everyone who has been forced to contribute to Social Security….people, who have been robbed of the time value of their own productivity to fund a government Ponzi scheme which robs one generation for the benefit of another.
Now, the system has become unsustainable as fewer and fewer pay more and more to keep the scam going.
Let’s also remember to apologize to the people paying for Medicare and Medicaid…or the I-Hawk scam…people forced to pay other people’s bills or ELSE…are owed an apology.
Taxpayers are owed an apology for being indentured to the parents of the illegitimate children of dead beat dads who donate their sperm to women to whom they are not married which bear children they cannot support and pass on the cost to everyone else…
We, the bill-paying slaves, in service of the profligate are owed an apology for our slavery, and servitude to the welfare state.
The taxpayers are owed an apology for being impressed into the service of illegals, paying their medical costs, educating their children, cleaning up their messes and funding their social costs of people who are not here legally and the scumbags who hire them while paying a sub-Iowa wage…from them, we are owed an apology.
This apology list is nearly endless…as our political class has embraced nearly every silly notion, every lawless act, every moral claim…of every aggrieved class…anyone who can afford to pay a tax-supported professional whiner to complain at a high level…to keep the money tree shaken….to enslave the decent in behalf of the law breaker…to impress the productive into the service of the unproductive…to enslave the moral into the service of the immoral lout….the responsible into the service of the moral vagabond...to compel the Godly into the service of the infidel…
We have been handed an Adams Family culture, where our values have been turned upside down…where foul has been converted to fair.
There isn’t a single institution in our pagan welfare state which is functioning. Our law system is broken, our education system is busted, our health care system corrupt and unsustainable…our economy debt ridden, our currency devalued…our war making un-Constitutional foreign policy, our nation-building empire in the name of pagan democracy…a false religion which has enslaved us just as it did ancient Israel..
Never in human history has a Godly free people been conquered, enslaved and debauched as thoroughly and quickly as our own…and the worst part of it is? We have forged our own chains and willingly put on the manacles of our own servitude.
When pagans took over our schools, we just smiled and said, “OK, as long as we have a winning football team.”
When pagan took over the courts and told us, “We, the courts, have final say”, we just sighed, “Well, I guess that’s right”
When pagans took over control of our jobs and exported them, we said, “Well we have to have free trade”
When pagans took over our energy resources and told us we can’t develop them cuz it might make Mother Earth mad, we just said, “Well we’ll just have to pay more”
When our political class takes our son’s and daughter’s to war to bring democracy to Islam so we can maintain our dependence on Islamic oil, cuz we won’t develop our own resources, we just chanted, “Well, I guess that’s the price of freedom”…
When the accumulated wealth of generations is stolen by the money changers running a government-sponsored counterfeiting ring we say, “I hope the stimulus check comes in today’s mail”
We are definitely owed an apology for slavery…our own.
By the political class which builds casinos and calls it economic development…which builds tax funded arenas for circuses (or hockey…same thing) which the tax-strapped public was neither interested in to begin with, nor could any longer afford to attend.
By the political class, which feeds upon our servitude and maintains its power by buying votes of the recipient class with our own money..
By we ourselves, for assenting every link in our own chains, by neglecting our freedom…assent to servitude by our own neglect…an apology is required for our own complicity in our own slavery.
So, Senator Harkin… your feeble apology to people no longer here to receive it is just empty political rhetoric. I’ll await a more substantial one with great interest.
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To review the highlights of this great work from Jan Mickelson:
The same bottom feeders which always thrive by cultural conflict are at it again. Sen. Harkin and other likely suspects
We, the bill-paying slaves, in service of the profligate are owed an apology for our slavery, and servitude to the welfare state.
We have been handed an Adams Family culture, where our values have been turned upside down…where foul has been converted to fair.
Never in human history has a Godly free people been conquered, enslaved and debauched as thoroughly and quickly as our own…
We are definitely owed an apology for slavery…our own.
So, Senator Harkin… your feeble apology to people no longer here to receive it is just empty political rhetoric. I’ll await a more substantial one with great interest.
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2. ROBERT L. VANDER PLAATS IS THE GOVERNOR OF THE REAL IOWA!
Now, I don't want to hit this too lightly, but Bob Vander Plaats is to-all-intents-and-purposes, effectively and spiritually the Governor Extant of the Real State of Iowa!
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Why is 'Quiver the Lilly-Liver' not a Real Governor:
Consider these important points.
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What is a Governor supposed to do?
Answer - Protect the People from evils and lies and attacks from any group, or force, or movement, or agenda, or foreign state.
The Human Laws of a state are designed not just to facilitate the governing of that state, but also to assure the health and freedom of the People of that state. The rules and regulations are there to insure that the state government functions well enough to accomplish its primary task - namely the security, facilitation and defense of its Human population.
The Governor of a state is charged with the responsibility of making sure those Human Laws and Rules and Regulations function properly and are adhered to by those in government - thus securing the state for the People of that state.
To circumvent those Laws and Rules and Regulations for political and monetary gain is traitorous to the People, for whom those management tools were devised!
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What is a Governor Not supposed to do?
Answer - Aid and abet the enemies of the People. Invite them into the state for the purposes of causing harm, damage, destruction, degradation and dementia to the People.
Deliberately disregard and prevent the operations of the Laws and Rules and Regulations of state government - especially for political and monetary purposes.
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What does 'Quiver the Lilly-Liver’ do?
None of what it should do!
All of what it should Not do!
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What best matches what Quiver does?
Aids and abets the enemies of the People. Invites enemies into the state (for personal money and puppet power), and for all of the dastardly purposes mentioned above - and to create a Slave State under the control of it’s own Homosexual/Democrat Masters!
This definitely amounts to the circumvention of, and the deliberate breakage of the Human Laws and Rules and Regulations that the Governor is bound by Law to uphold.
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Why The Phony Governor Of Demo-Iowa Is Not Good Enough To Rule Demo-Iowa, And Never Good Enough To Govern The Real-Iowa.
That thing is a puppet! And a lying puppet!
We all know the lie it said about the phony marriage plans of the Homosexual/Democrats. It was ordered, by it’s Masters, to stall any resistance to their vile backstabbing plans - not to mention the buying of seven Monkey Judges (less-supreme-than-anyone-else). This was done by lying to the People of Iowa. It said, that as Governor it would use the powers of that office to stop the phony marriage agenda of the Democrat/Homosexuals, if the Monkey Judges took the bananas and obeyed their Homosexual/Democrat Masters.
And what really happened?
Answer - exactly what was planned for it to do. As soon as the ‘Worthless Opinion’ was given (as planned) - ‘Quiver the Lilly-Liver’ squawked that there was nothing it could do about it!
This Debacle of Justice stands as one of the most putrid examples of perverted puppetry and nasty fascism seen on this Earth, since the rancid days of the fascist regime of Benito Mussolini in World War II.
‘Quiver Minus A Liver’ is not only an actual talking dummy, it is also one of the most obvious and worst examples of a Puppet Government Figurehead that this world has ever seen!
Not a ‘Real’ - anything! Just a Pathetic Pretense!
Quiver is literally nothing more than a ‘Use Once And Throw Away’ finger food for anything and anyone Evil!
Disposable.
It’s fakery and phony existence is designed to set a precedent for future puppet governors. But Quiver itself is not nearly as evil as is required by the future plans of the Democrat/Homosexuals. The worst nightmarish hatreds and evils in Quiver’s cloth-sack head, do not even begin to be ghoulish enough (or awful enough) to satisfy the future plans of the Homosexual/Democrats!
It will be replaced, or eliminated when it is no longer useful to the Democrat/Homosexual Whore Apparatus.
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Why Robert L.Vander Plaats Fulfills The Requirement Of A Real Governor For The Real Iowa.
We should build a statue of Robert Vander Plaats to commemorate what he has already done for the People of the Real Iowa! In his resistance to this monstrous Coup d’etat by the Homosexual/Democrats against the People of Iowa, he has given Hope and Clarity and a Future to the Humans of this state. These are three very important needs of the suffering Humans of the Real Iowa right now.
In case you have not been allowed to know - (because of the Democrat/Homosexual lies, deceptions, newsrags, TV, Filthy Monkey Radio, and every other part of the Homosexual/Democrat Political Apparatus) - Robert Vander Plaats fights for Humans and Justice regardless of the rotten apples of phoniness and contrived playtimes thrown at him (or about him) by the enemies of all Humanity!
His perseverance and determination to fight for his Human Species has already won for him the undying admiration of Human Resisters such as myself.
More importantly however, he has all of the ‘Mental and Spiritual Tools’ that the People of the Real Iowa desperately need - to stop the Anti-Iowa of the Democrat/Homosexuals! And, to free the Real Iowa from the bonds and chains of forced and hideous perversions - ‘Madams Style’!
We are not discussing a ‘Talking Head’ here. The putrid TV medias are constantly saturated with worthless ‘Talking Heads’ - all of which are nothing more that the latest presenters of the ‘Talking Points’ and ‘Propaganda Thrusts’ of the various factions which sign their paychecks.
Robert Vander Plaats is not one of those. That simple fact alone, makes him the exact opposite of the lying puppet governor of the Homosexual/Democrats!
Instead, Vander Plaats is a Real Man with Real Humanity and Real Concerns for his Real Human Species!
We do not even have to discuss the topic of management abilities here. There is no comparison. The Democrat/Homosexuals exist to thwart and refute and derail all intended and proscribed state management techniques - replacing them with their own twisted intentions, prostitutions, and personal deviations!
The manager of a simple convenience store, pick one, could do a better job of managing this state than all of the Homosexual/Democrats combined! All it takes is a well organized mind, and the very important quality of Honesty!
However, Robert Vander Plaats is far more that a simple Human Manager. I will include here a brief synopsis of his management resume:
From Wikipedia:
Robert L. "Bob" Vander Plaats (born April 12, 1963), is an American politician. He is a former high school principal, non-profit CEO, and currently the president and CEO of MVP Leadership, INC in Sioux City, Iowa. MVP Leadership specializes in Strategic Planning, Fund Development, Succession Planning, Inspiration, and Executive Mentorship.
He was a primary candidate for the 2006 Iowa Republican gubernatorial nomination, competing against Iowa Congressman Jim Nussle. As the race progressed, he withdrew his candidacy for Governor in favor of being Nussle's running mate in the general election. Calls by GOP party higher-ups for Vander Plaats to get out of the race were reportedly due to Vander Plaats reporting only $459,000 cash on hand compared to Nussle's $2,500,000. The Republican Nussle/Vander Plaats ticket lost the election to the Democratic Culver/Judge ticket. [Money being the primary factor]
Vander Plaats served as the Iowa state chair of Republican Presidential candidate and former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee's 2008 presidential campaign. On many occasions, Governor Huckabee titled Bob Vander Plaats the "next Governor of Iowa," suggesting he may run for Governor again in 2010. On January 26, 2009, Vander Plaats announced the formation of a 2010 gubernatorial campaign committee with state Representative Jodi Tymeson as chair and former state Auditor Dick Johnson as co-chair of the committee. He intends to formally announce his candidacy for the Republican nomination between Memorial Day and Labor Day of 2009.
CEO means Chief Executive Officer, in case you do not know.
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But his management abilities, compared to the non-existent abilities of ‘Quiver the Puppet Figure’, is not the point here!
The point is, that due to the circumstances we find ourselves in - strictly because the Democrat/Homosexuals have lied and deceived their way into political power in Iowa (turning it into a Whore House) - there are now TWO IOWAS!
The hideous Demo-Iowa!
And, the Real Iowa!
The first is twisted and rotten beyond recognition as anything Human!
The latter is totally Human, and still quite beautiful!
The pathetic Puppet Governor of Demo-Iowa cannot and will not govern the Real Iowa!
No Homosexual/Democrats govern the Real Iowa! Their vile kind is strictly confined to the sewers they have made out of the cities they have killed!
That leaves a huge Leadership Vacuum in the Real Iowa!
It would be ludicrous of me, or any other Human, to ignore that fact and not address the problem.
Fortunately, due to his brave actions against the Democrat/Homosexuals and their terrible intentions for all of us, there is a Human Man who instantly qualifies for and fulfills the role of the Human Governor of the Real State of Iowa!
That Man is Robert Vander Plaats!
Literally by the turn of events, the circumstances of this War, and the results of his own Courage -- Robert Vander Plaats IS the Human Governor of the Real Iowa!
War and Fate and Courage and Necessity has decided this!
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War and Fate. Courage and Necessity. Very powerful forces.
Thank God he is a very capable Human Man - with a backbone.
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Here is some general information about what a Governor is supposed to be:
A governor is the head of a non-sovereign state. Countries all over the world have the role of governor within their government, with differing titles for that role.
Each of the 50 states in the United States has a governor, who is ultimately responsible for how the state is run. State constitutions delegate different duties and requirements for the role of governor, such as the number of terms a candidate may be elected for the office and the age requirement to run. The rules for the line of succession vary, as do the responsibilities of the role. There are some significant similarities however.
In all US states, the governor is the chief executive of the state and runs the executive branch of the government. He is the commander-in-chief of the military and is responsible for managing the state budget. Furthermore, the US constitution states that the governor of a state is allowed to fill vacancies in the state's two Senate seats.
In Georgia, for example, the governor has the power to veto legislation from the Georgia General Assembly. The veto, however, can be overturned by two-thirds of both houses in the Assembly: the House of Representatives and the Senate. In addition, the governor can fill vacancies in both Assembly houses.
While the Georgia General Assembly sets the budget, the budget is at the control of the governor. Therefore, it is possible for the governor to allocate the budget according to his or her political allies and foes. Furthermore, the Georgia governor, unlike the one in Florida, is not equal to leaders of other state departments. Instead, he outranks them.
A governor’s responsibilities can expand or contract depending upon the person occupying the office. Having originated from British colonial rule, the US system of governors has changed to suit the needs of each state. It is likely that the office will continue to evolve along with policy issues.
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Governor
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
governor (from French "gouverneur") is a governing official, usually the executive (at least nominally, to different degrees also politically and administratively) of a non-sovereign level of government, ranking under the head of state. In federations, a governor may be the title of each appointed or elected politician who governs a constituent state.
In some countries the heads of the constitutive states, provinces, communities and regions may be titled "governor," although this is less common in parliamentary systems such as in some European nations and many of their former colonies, which use titles such as President of the Regional Council in France and minister-president in Germany. Other countries using different titles for sub-national units include Spain and Switzerland.
The title also lies, historically, to executive officials acting as representatives of a chartered company which has been granted exercise of sovereignty in a colonial area, such as the British HEIC or the Dutch VOC. These companies operate as a major state within a state with its own armed forces.
There can also be non-political governors: high ranking officials in private or similar governance such as commercial and non-profit management, styled governor(s), who simply govern an institution, such as a corporation or a bank. For example, in the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries there are prison governors ("warden" in the United States), school governors and bank governors.
The adjective pertaining to a governor is "gubernatorial", from the Latin root "gubernare".
United States
Main article: Governor (United States)
In the United States, the title governor refers to the chief executive of each state or insular territory, not directly subordinate to the federal authorities, but the political and ceremonial head of the state.
In colonial America, when the governor was the representative of the monarch who exercised executive power, many colonies originally indirectly elected their governors (that is, through assemblies and legislatures), but in the years leading up to the American Revolutionary War, the Crown began to appoint them directly. During the American Revolution, all royal governors were expelled (except one; see Jonathan Trumbull) but the name was retained to denote the new elected official.
Before achieving statehood, many of the fifty states were territories. Administered by the federal government, they had governors who were appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate rather than elected by the resident population.
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Governor (United States)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Role and powers
The United States Constitution preserves the notion that the country is a federation of sovereign states and that powers not specifically granted to the federal government are retained by the states. States, therefore, are not merely provinces or subdivisions of federal administration. State governments in the U.S. are relatively powerful; each state has its own independent criminal and civil law codes, and each state manages its internal government.
The governor thus heads the executive branch in each state or territory and, depending on the individual jurisdiction, may have considerable control over government budgeting, the power of appointment of many officials (including many judges), and a considerable role in legislation. The governor may also have additional roles, such as that of commander-in-chief of the state's National Guard (when not federalized), and in many states and territories the governor has partial or absolute power to commute or pardon a criminal sentence. All U.S. governors serve four-year terms except those in New Hampshire and Vermont, who serve two-year terms.
In all states, the governor is directly elected, and in most cases has considerable practical powers, though this may be moderated by the state legislature and in some cases by other elected executive officials. In the five U.S. territories, all governors are now directly elected as well, though in the past many territorial governors were historically appointed by the President of the United States. Governors can veto state bills. In some cases legislatures can override a gubernatorial veto by a two-thirds vote, in others by three-fifths. In Tennessee and Kentucky, the governor's veto can be overridden by a simple majority vote, making it virtually useless, though they both have a line-item veto. The governor of North Carolina had no veto power until a 1996 referendum. In 46 states, whenever there is a vacancy of one of the state's U.S. Senate seats, that state's governor has the power to appoint someone to fill the vacancy until a special election is held; the governors of Oregon, Massachusetts, Alaska, and Wisconsin do not have this power.
A state governor may give an annual State of the State Address in order to satisfy a constitutional stipulation that a governor must report annually (or in older constitutions described as being "from time to time") on the state or condition of the state. Governors of states may also perform ceremonial roles, such as greeting dignitaries, conferring state decorations, issuing symbolic proclamations or attending the state fair. The governor may also have an official residence (see Governor's Mansion).
History
Main article: Colonial government in the Thirteen Colonies
In colonial America, when the governor was the representative of the monarch who exercised executive power, many colonies originally indirectly elected their governors, choosing them through the colonial legislatures, but in the years leading up to the American Revolutionary War, the Crown began to appoint them directly. During the American Revolution, all royal governors except for Jonathan Trumbull fled or were expelled, but the title of governor was retained to denote the new elected official.
Before achieving statehood, many of the 50 states were territories. Administered by the federal government, they had governors who were appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate rather than elected by the resident population.
Demographics
Party
There are currently 28 Democrats and 22 Republicans serving as state governors. Two Democrats and two Republicans also occupy territorial governorships, while the governor of the U.S. territory of the Northern Mariana Islands belongs to the local Covenant Party. No other "third" parties hold a Governorship.
Tenure
The longest-serving current governor is John Hoeven, who has served as North Dakota's governor since December 15, 2000. The second-longest tenure, that of Texas Governor Rick Perry, is six days shorter. The newest governor is Mark Parkinson of Kansas, who was sworn in on April 28, 2009.
Age
The oldest current governor is Ted Kulongoski, 68, of Oregon.
The youngest person to ever serve as governor was J. Neely Johnson of California, elected in 1855 at the age of 30. Johnson is followed by Harold Stassen of Minnesota, elected in 1938 at age 31. When future President Bill Clinton was elected governor of Arkansas in 1978 at age 32, he became the youngest governor since Stassen. The youngest currently serving governor is Bobby Jindal of Louisiana, age 37.
Gender
Main article: List of female state governors in the United States
There are currently 43 men and 7 women governors. All five territorial governors are men.
Thirty-one women have been or are currently serving as the governor, including two in an acting capacity.
The first female governor was Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming who was elected on November 4, 1924 and sworn in on January 5, 1925. She was preceded in office by her late husband William B. Ross. Also elected on November 4 was Miriam A. Ferguson of Texas, succeeding her impeached husband James Edward Ferguson, but she was not sworn in until January 21, 1925. The first female governor elected without being the wife or widow of a past state governor was Ella T. Grasso of Connecticut, elected in 1974 and sworn in on January 8, 1975.
Connecticut and Arizona are the only two states to have elected female governors from both major parties. New Hampshire has also had female governors from two parties, but Republican Vesta M. Roy served only in the acting capacity for a short time. Arizona was the first state where a woman followed another woman as governor (they were from different parties). Arizona also has had the most female governors with a total of four, and is the first state to have three women in a row serve as governor.
Seven women are currently serving as governors of U.S. states. Previously, there were a record nine women serving as chief executive of their states on two different occasions: first, between December 6, 2006, when Sarah Palin was inaugurated as the first female governor of Alaska, and January 14, 2008, when Kathleen Blanco left office as governor of Louisiana, and second, between January 10, 2009, when Beverly Perdue was inaugurated as governor of North Carolina, and January 20, 2009, when Ruth Ann Minner retired as governor of Delaware.
Race and ethnicity
Among the 50 states, there are 45 whites, two African Americans (Deval Patrick of Massachusetts and David Paterson of New York), one Hispanic American (Bill Richardson of New Mexico), one Asian American of Indian decent (Bobby Jindal of Louisiana), and one Arab American (John Baldacci of Maine) currently serving as governor.
Among the five U.S. territories, one Hispanic American (Luis G. Fortuño of Puerto Rico), one African American (John de Jongh of the U.S. Virgin Islands), and three Pacific Islander Americans (Benigno R. Fitial of the Northern Mariana Islands, Felix Perez Camacho of Guam, and Togiola Tulafono of American Samoa) currently serve as governor.
Physical Disability
Governor David Paterson of New York is the first legally blind governor in U.S. history.
Personal Wealth
Three governors, Jon Corzine[3] of New Jersey, Arnold Schwarzenegger[4] of California, and Phil Bredesen[5] of Tennessee, have declined to accept their salaries because of their personal wealth.
Gubernatorial election timeline schedule
All states hold gubernatorial elections on the first Tuesday following the first Monday in November.
2 states hold their gubernatorial elections every even numbered year. Recent years are 2006, 2008, and 2010.
New Hampshire and Vermont
The other 48 states hold their gubernatorial elections once every 4 years.
34 states hold their gubernatorial elections in even numbered year which are not divisible by four (i.e. concurrent with congressional, but not presidential elections). Recent years are 2002, 2006, and 2010.
Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Wisconsin and Wyoming.
9 States and a territory hold their gubernatorial elections in years divisible by four (i.e. concurrent with presidential elections). Recent years are 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012.
Delaware, Indiana, Missouri, Montana, North Carolina, North Dakota, Utah, Washington, West Virginia and Puerto Rico
3 States hold their gubernatorial elections in the year before a year divisible by four. Recent years are 2003, 2007, and 2011.
Kentucky, Louisiana, and Mississippi
2 States hold their gubernatorial elections in the year following a year divisible by four. Recent years are 2001, 2005, and 2009.
New Jersey and Virginia
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The rest of these are from the Iowa Codes.
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This explains how 'Quiver the Lilly-Liver' must be removed from office - being so obviously disabled by greed, cowardice and puppetry as it is.
Disability of the Governor:
Iowa Code - Title 1 - Subtitle 4:
7.14 Disability of governor to act.
1. Whenever it appears that the governor is unable to discharge the duties of office for reason of disability pursuant to Article IV, section 17, Constitution of Iowa, the person next in line of succession to the office of the governor , or the chief justice, may call a conference consisting of the person who is chief justice, the person who is director of mental health, and the person who is the dean of medicine at the state university of Iowa. Provided, if either the director or dean is not a physician duly licensed to practice medicine by this state the director or dean may assign a member of the director's or dean's staff so licensed to assist and advise on the conference. The three members of the conference shall within ten days after the conference is called examine the governor . Within seven days after the examination, or if upon attempting to examine the governor the members of the conference are unable to examine the governor because of circumstances beyond their control, they shall conduct a secret ballot and by unanimous vote may find that the governor is temporarily unable to discharge the duties of the office.
2. The finding of or failure to find a disability shall be immediately made public, and if the governor is found to be unable to discharge the duties of the office, the person next in line of succession to the office of governor shall be immediately notified. After receiving the notification that person may, under Article IV, sections 17 and 19, Constitution of the State of Iowa, become governor until the disability is removed.
3. Whenever a governor who is unable to discharge the duties of the office believes the disability to be removed, the governor may call a conference consisting of the three persons referred to as members of such a conference in subsection 1. The three members of the conference shall within ten days examine the governor . Within seven days after the examination they shall conduct a secret ballot and by unanimous vote may find the disability removed.
4. The finding of or failure to find the disability removed shall be immediately made public.
[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §7.14]
91 Acts, ch 97, §2; 96 Acts, ch 1129, §2
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This part does not really apply. Anything that is a Homosexual/Democrat in this state, is going to be a worthless playtoy for the Democrat/Homosexuals in Wash this D.eath C.ity
Article IV Section 17
Lieutenant governor to act as governor. SEC. 17. In case of the death, impeachment, resignation, removal from office, or other disability of the governor, the powers and duties of the office for the residue of the term, or until he shall be acquitted, or the disability removed, shall devolve upon the lieutenant governor.
Referred to in §7.14 of the Code
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This part is immaterial. The succession procession in Demo-Iowa is completely irrelevant. The creeps that would do the succeeding (Madams Gronstal and Murphy) are already in Total Power and Total Control over the puppet governor and lieutenant governor.
Article IV Section 19
Succession to office of governor and lieutenant governor. SEC. 19. If there be a vacancy in the office of the governor and the lieutenant governor shall by reason of death, impeachment, resignation, removal from office, or other disability become incapable of performing the duties pertaining to the office of governor, the president of the senate shall act as governor until the vacancy is filled or the disability removed; and if the president of the senate, for any of the above causes, shall be incapable of performing the duties pertaining to the office of governor the same shall devolve upon the speaker of the house of representatives; and if the speaker of the house of representatives, for any of the above causes, shall be incapable of performing the duties of the office of governor, the justices of the supreme court shall convene the general assembly by proclamation and the general assembly shall organize by the election of a president by the senate and a speaker by the house of representatives. The general assembly shall thereupon immediately proceed to the election of a governor and lieutenant governor in joint convention.
Repealed and rewritten 1988, Amendment [42]
Referred to in §7.14(2) of the Code
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This should read 'the People shall have power to fill such vacancy, by carrying out a general election'.
Vacancies. SEC. 10. When any office shall, from any cause, become vacant, and no mode is provided by the constitution and laws for filling such vacancy, the governor shall have power to fill such vacancy, by granting a commission, which shall expire at the end of the next session of the general assembly, or at the next election by the people.
In reality - the People should have the power to fill the empty seats where a Real Governor and a Real Lieutenant Governor should be sitting.
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Quiver the Lilly-Liver is clearly disqualified from holding any office in Iowa, and obviously so. This is due to a tragic failure to protect the Humans of Iowa from the awful Homosexual/Democrats. Which seek to subject them to, and enslave them to, every vile depravity the Democrat/Homosexuals have been paid to promote - with false and illegal laws. Not to mention, the deliberate death of any Human Virtue, Value and Morality that is held sacred by the Human Species.
Disqualification. SEC. 14. No persons shall, while holding any office under the authority of the United States, or this state, execute the office of governor , or lieutenant governor , except as hereinafter expressly provided.
That which is 'expressly provided' has been broken, trompled, ignored, and illegally disregarded by Quiver the Lilly-Liver.
The time has come to get that thing out of any office, anywhere!
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Knowing that they are completely false, two-faced and evil - the Homosexual/Democrats have attempted again to silence any Human Resistance to their Coup d'etat against the People of Iowa.
This time they tried to impeach a Human Senator in the Iowa Legislature, for opposing their Democrat/Homosexual Prostitutions.
The attempt failed miserably.
By Jason Hancock 5/12/09 2:50 PM
The Senate Ethics Committee unanimously voted to reject an ethics complaint filed against Republican state Sen. Merlin Bartz of Grafton alleging he violated his oath of office by encouraging county recorders to break the law.
The complaint was filed by former Democratic state Rep. Ed Fallon and his wife, Lynn. Bartz used the resources of the Senate Republican caucus to ask county officials not to issue marriage licenses to couples of the same gender in defiance of the Iowa Supreme Court’s decision legalizing same-sex marriage. To date no same-sex couples in Iowa have been denied a license.
In dismissing the complaint, the committee concluded Bartz was simply exercising his right to free speech.
For the position of Lieutenant Governor of the Real Iowa - Merlin Bartz is certainly showing what it takes.
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In the Overview:
The Democrat/Homosexuals exist for this. They occupy the Iowa Statehouse like it was their Cave of Evil, and their Den of Iniquity. Such creatures actually want to exist in such an environment. Not just to be there, to do a job.
Real Humans only go there because they have to.
I am not knocking the Iowa Statehouse. It is quite nice - as a statehouse. But it is not a living environment. Nor is it intended to be a Brothel of Powers.
Think about what kind of person would want to exist in a statehouse to begin with?
Only an insane egomaniac would want to exist in a statehouse, and 'inhabit' the power they think goes with it. Thus making the statehouse their 'habitat'.
And in doing so, they make of it a dirty little world of corruption, trickery, thievery, and usurpation of the Will of the People! The nasty little world of the ever-greedy and demented Democrat/Homosexuals!
By contrast, Real Statesmen go there as a sufferance to be endured, for the People they represent!
Under the control of the Homosexual/Democrats the Statehouse of Iowa is now the Whorehouse of 'Demo-Iowa'. The worst sewer in a network of city sewers infested by Democrat/Homosexuals and all of their nasty clientele.
Demo-Iowa is nothing more than a grotesque network of cities-for-sale to the highest (and most vile) bidders!
And does it have to be that way?
No!
No more than the Democrats have to be Homosexuals for hire! Which they are!
And why? Because they got into the political prostitution game (trap), and are now bound by the Whorehouse Madams Gronstal and Murphy in a false state of fear, guilt, self-loathing and regret.
The Homosexual/Democrats are actually stupid enough to fear the Whorehouse Madams. Because they are now dependent upon the creatures. And, because the creatures know all of their secrets!
It's their own fault.
So, does the Real Iowa have to become what they are? Just to make those cowards feel better about themselves?
Hell No!
Their pathetic and twisted fate is their own problem!
And they can keep it, and their nasty Demo-Iowa, and go to Hell with it!
The Real Iowa has leaders of their own. Good Leaders that are willing to fight evil and insanity - no matter how much Whore Money is thrown at them!
So, naturally those good Human Leaders are all on the same Death List of the Democrat/Homosexuals - right next to the name Markel Peters.
Actually, they seldom use my real name. They just call me dirty lies. Liars always lie - it makes their greed, insanity, and hate - feel better!
Markel Peters
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Monday, July 6, 2009
PLEASE READ ALL OF THIS - AS I AM ABOUT TO DO SOMETHING TOTALLY UNEXPECTED.
Can an Executive Order stop the Democrat/Homosexual's Phony Marriage?
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Can anyone show me where it says in any Iowa Code that Bob Vander Platts cannot stop this Homosexual/Democrat scourge with an Executive Order?
Can anyone show me where it says in the Iowa Constitution that Bob Vander Platts cannot stop this Democrat/Homosexual scourge with an Executive Order?
The Iowa Constitution says the Governor ...
Execution of laws. SEC. 9. He shall take care that the laws are faithfully executed.
The worthless OPINION of the (less-supreme-than-anyone-else) Monkey Judges in Des Moines is NOT Law!
And those Monkey Judges do NOT make Law!
The Opinion of the Monkey Judges is not a Decision ... and it is not a Law!
It is just an Opinion!
It is the 'Reversal Mind-Set' of the Homosexual/Democrats that forbids the use of an Executive Order to stop this Coup d'etat against the People of Iowa by the Democrat/Homosexuals!
Not the Iowa Constitution!
Not any Iowa Codes!
Here are two websites you need to confirm this ...
This is the official and up-to-date website of the Constitution of the State of Iowa.
http://www.legis.state.ia.us/Constitution.html
This is the official website for the Codes of Iowa.
http://search.legis.state.ia.us/nxt/gateway.dll/ar/iac?f=templates&fn=default.htm
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I have searched through the Iowa Codes and Iowa Administrative Codes for two days, and there is no mention of the Powers of the Governor's Executive Orders!
It appears that whoever is in power at the time, decides what Executive Orders the Governor can and cannot issue!
There is no set of rules for Executive Orders of the Governor of Iowa!
Look for yourself!
Search In Vain!
There is nothing there!
It is up to whoever is in the driver's seat!
Now, that I have said this. The Homosexual/Democrats will trot out some bogus interpretations, and/or some new online information
[quickly added to the State site] which will give them the appearance of being authorized to enact a Coup d'etat against the People of Iowa.
And, those scum are elected 'officials' of Iowa?
HELL NO!
Those are Demotopes!
Demotopiates!
Creatures of Demotopia!
NOT Iowans of the Real Iowa!
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Here is a website about this issue. It gives you the chance to read the Executive Orders from recent years.
Full text of recent Executive Orders of Iowa Governors.
http://www.statelibraryofiowa.org/services/law-library/govexecorders/?searchterm=executive%20orders
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When The Democrat/Homosexuals squawk their putrid party-line such as ... “The governor of Iowa cannot stay or overturn a decision of the Supreme Court of Iowa
by an executive order. This is a basic fact of how America's democracy works that most people learned in their high school government class."
What they are really saying is:
1. We paid a lot of money for that worthless and powerless ‘Opinion’ from those Judge-Whores ... and we insist that you consider it to be a ‘decision’ and legally binding ...
because it suits our deviated purposes! That is the basic fact!
2. Most people didn’t give a crap about school government classes to begin with. That is the basic fact!
3. The Homosexual/Democrats want to pretend that individual states do not have different power structures according to their own constitutions -- and therefore are not subject to the decisions that occur in other states. This is true, no matter how much the Democrat/Homosexuals want to pretend (and insist) that anything they do, in any state, must be Universally Accepted Everywhere By All Of Their Slaves! That is the basic fact!
4. Did the Homosexual/Democrats quote any Title and Subtitles and Rules? Hell No! There are none! It is just made up at the time by whoever is in power, and limited only by the history of such actions. And, by whether or not they succeeded in the past, and will they succeed this time?
In short, it is a Political Gamble and a Game with no rules except - will it work or not! If it looks like it could work, based upon the history of such attempts, then go ahead and gamble that it will! That is the basic fact!
5. Since we Democrat/Homosexuals are being paid a lot of money to kill all Morality and Decency in Iowa (already divided and easily conquered because all churches here war against each other), we do not want anyone to spoil it for us! So we say it is not possible! We say it cannot be done! We insist that our words and our demands be Law and Rule and Dominance! That is the basic fact!
And I say - I have to think of the Little Old Ladies at my church - before I answer that.
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Of course the Monkey-Judges-for-Hire (less-supreme-than-anyone-else) will bray and bleat and cry and freak like demented jackasses, if anyone issues an Executive Order that infringes upon their profitable prostitutions!
The Homosexual/Democrats will insist that the Monkey Judges work for their money, and therefore denounce and declare illegal any attempt to save the Human Species here in Iowa!
And all the time, no one will give a damn about the Will of the People!
The ‘People’ are supposed to be controlled, and mollified. The 'People' are supposed to be muted, and confused, and disabled by the medias of the Democrat/Homosexuals -- the Grotesque TV, the Filthy Monkey Bands on the Radio, and especially by the twisted and lying Iowa Newsrags (from Hell)!
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Anyone who says that the Iowa Constitution does not give the Governor the power to intervene in this attack against Iowa Humans is dead wrong! It does not say he cannot protect Iowa Human beings from this dastardly attack. In fact it demands that he protect the People of the State of Iowa from harm and their enemies! And that means the Homosexual/Democrats, Madams Gronstal and
Murphy, Tim Gill, Quiver the whimpy governor, etc.
In this farce of their phony marriages the Democrat/Homosexual lackeys say "We expect duly-elected county recorders to comply with the Iowa Constitution as interpreted unanimously by the Iowa Supreme Court, the highest court in Iowa."
Translation:
We, the Homosexual/Democrats who have foisted this atrocity upon all of you defenseless Humans, and who are enjoying this ever so much -- and are basking in the queer glory of it nationwide -- as the Democrat/Homosexuals everywhere send us messages of --
"Money well spent!" and "Now, that's a Whorehouse to my liking!"
-- demand that you accept our phony domination of all of you, acquiesce to our terms of your surrender, whatever they may be, remain docile and servile as we rape your state before your very eyes, and you had better not complain or oppose our great evilness!
OR WE WILL GET MAD!
AND POUT!
AND STAMP OUR FEET!
AND CRY!
AND ATTACK YOU AGAIN, IN EVEN MORE HORRIBLE WAYS!
Which we are planning to do anyway.
And I say - I have to think of the Little Old Ladies at my church - before I answer that.
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But ..........
Don't just listen to me ..........
Here is another common sense response to the twisted intentions of the Homosexual/Democrats and their attempted Coup d'etat against the Humans of Iowa ... which has split this state into The Real Iowa and the guttural Demo-Iowa.
This is from the website called ReviveTheRepublic.
http://www.revivetherepublic.com/
Article follows:
http://www.revivetherepublic.com/PDF%20files/Straight%20Answers%20to%20Iowa's%20Decision%20on%20Homosexual%20Marriage.pdf
Q & A on the recent decision of the Iowa Supreme Court concerning Marriage
by Attorney Kerry Lee Morgan, April 9, 2009
On April 3, 2009, the Iowa Supreme Court declared that Iowa’s law providing that “Only a
marriage between a male and a female is valid” was unconstitutional, contrary to the equal
privileges clause of Iowa’s Constitution. What does this opinion mean? How should we think
about it? What should be do? The opinion may be found at:
http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/msnbc/sections/news/090403_Iowa_Gay_Marriage_Ruling.pdf
What did the Court actually say?
The Court only declared Iowa law, section 595.2 unconstitutional. That section provided that
“Only a marriage between a male and a female is valid.” The court said this requirement was
unconstitutional because it did not treat homosexual persons and heterosexual persons the same
in terms of marriage. The Court said that Iowa’s Constitution requires the law to treat and
protect both persons equally.
Is the Court’s decision itself, Constitutional?
Article XII, Section 1 of the Iowa Constitution. says that: “This constitution shall be the supreme
law of the state, and any law inconsistent therewith, shall be void.” The Iowa Supreme Court
has the judicial power to declare section 595.2 void. The Court’s decision may be wrong, but it
still has the judicial power to declare state laws void which are contrary to the Constitution of
Iowa.
Is any part of the Courts’s opinion Unconstitutional?
Yes. The judicial power of the Iowa Supreme Court does not include the power to require the
“remaining statutory language” of Iowa’s marriage licensing act to be “interpreted and applied in
a manner allowing gay and lesbian people full access to the institution of civil marriage.”
(Opinion, p. 68). That part of the opinion is dicta, meaning it is not necessary for the opinion.
But more importantly, that part of the opinion usurps the Constitutional power of the Governor.
The local Polk County Board of Commissioners and/or Governor has the power to interpret and
apply the “remaining statutory language,” not the Supreme Court. The State Legislature has the
Constitutional power to enact laws including the power to decide if it will alter or modify the
licensing of marriage in Iowa. The Supreme Court of Iowa does not possess this legislative
power. It does not have the Constitutional or judicial power to make law.
By usurping the Constitutional power of the Governor and Legislature, and commandeering the
authority of the Polk County Board of Commissioners, the Supreme Court of Iowa acted
unconstitutionally. It acted contrary to the separation of powers doctrine which is designed to
prevent any branch from exercising the power of any other branch. As such, neither the
Governor nor the Legislature are bound to take any notice whatsoever, of this part of the Court”s
“opinion.”
What should I encourage the Governor to do?
The Governor ought not follow the Court’s unconstitutional directive that “gay and lesbian
people” are entitled to “full access to the institution of civil marriage.” He has a Constitutional
duty to defend his branch of the Iowa government from the usurpation of the Iowa Supreme
Court. It does not matter what he believes about homosexual persons and marriage in this
context. What is important on this point, is that he defend the Constitutional principle of
separation of powers and that he defend his branch of government from the Supreme Court’s
usurpation thereof.
But What Should He Do about Homosexual Marriage?
If he is not willing to defend his Constitutional authority to interpret and apply the law, then he
probably will not be willing to grab this hot potato. We must recover the rule of law first if we
are to ever hope to recover particular rules such as those governing marriage. Yet, if he believes,
after his own independent Constitutional analysis, that the Court’s decision voiding section 595.2
is a legal error, then he should announce that while the decision binds the parties, the Governor
will not lend any of his office or branch to enforce that erroneous decision. Since the Court
depends entirely on the executive branch to enforce its decisions, the effect of the Governor’s
statement is that the opinion becomes unenforceable and merely a legal oddity. Marriage
remains as it was before the decision of the Court.
On the other hand, if the Governor agrees with the Court’s opinion that section 595.2 violates the
Iowa Constitution, then his branch should implement that decision (not the unconstitutional
aspect thereof noted above). He would say, “OK, I agree with the Court that section 595.2
violates the Iowa Constitution and I will not enforce any marriage licensing law that is limited to
a man and women.” He would also say that the opinion binds the parties, which in this case is
the Polk County Register/Clerk.
Of course, he should also declare that the core and foundation of Iowa’s entire marriage licensing
statute is, in fact and law, the proposition that marriage is by definition between a male and
female. Since the Court has voided that foundation and core, he cannot see how any marriage
license can be issued and the whole licensing scheme is now in doubt. As such, he should
declare that Iowa has no authority to issue a marriage license to anyone at all and call upon the
Legislature to decide what it will do if anything in response.
Yet, if the Governor thinks he has no power in this area, then it may fall to the Polk County
Board of Commissioners and County Lawyers to run with the ball. They should file a motion to
reconsider and clarify in the 21 day period. They should challenge the authority of the Iowa
Supreme Court to require the issuance of a marriage license as stated in its opinion under
remedies.
Well, then, how can someone get married in either Polk County or in Iowa?
People can get married as they have always gotten married. Persons desiring to be married may
be married in other states, foreign states, or publicly hold themselves out in Iowa as married
according to the common law which is limited to marriage between a man and women. The
Court's decision has nothing to do with common law marriage and its “independent research” on
this question (Opinion, p. 68) suggesting that no other basis exists for civil marriage is both dicta,
as well as beyond the power of a Court as noted above. Courts do not undertake independent
research of legal questions. That is a legislative and executive function. (Nor does Iowa's
reliance on common law marriage implicate footnote 24 of the Court’s opinion). As a matter of
fact, Iowa already recognizes common law marriages. They are called “Nonstatutory
Solemnization of Marriage”
OK, What Is a Nonstatutory Solemnization of Marriage?
I am glad you asked. In rendering its decision, the Court took no position concerning any other
section of Iowa’s marriage licensing law. It let stand the State’s claim that marriage is a civil
contract and may impose age requirements. But most importantly, the Court never addressed
Iowa Code section 595.11 which preserves the common law basis for marriage.
That section states:
“595.11 NONSTATUTORY SOLEMNIZATION -- FORFEITURE.
Marriages solemnized, with the consent of parties, in any manner other than that
prescribed in this chapter, are valid; but the parties, and all persons aiding or abetting
them, shall pay to the treasurer of state for deposit in the general fund of the state the sum
of fifty dollars each; but this shall not apply to the person conducting the marriage
ceremony, if within fifteen days after the ceremony is conducted, the person makes the
required return to the county registrar.”
Note that the law refers to “marriages solemnized.” It does not refer to civil unions. Section
595.11 is clearly intended to preserve and protect the common law means of marrying;, i.e,
marrying without a license from the State or requiring that the parties register the marriage.
Thus, at least in Polk County Iowa, persons may marry pursuant to the common law and if they
desire the state to recognize that marriage, they may at their discretion, register their marriage.
But we must remember it is a marriage that is being registered. It is a marriage solemnized
according to the common law.
Can Homosexuals Have a Solemnized Marriage?
No. Why not? We must naturally inquire if homosexual persons may enter into a solemnized
marriage and thus have the ability to register that arrangement with the County Register or Clerk.
The answer is that common law marriages are recognized according to the rules of the common
law. The rules of the common law are a function of the “laws of nature and of nature’s God” as
that legal term is employed in our Declaration of Independence. That document, in turn
establishes that the legal basis of all American Statehood, and equally of Iowa’s statehood, its
Constitution and law, are all likewise grounded in the law of nature. It is this law of nature–rules
binding over the globe, under all circumstances and through all time–that reflects the legal basis
of section 595.11 Non-statutory Solemnization of Marriages. It is also this law of nature, that
reflects the institution of marriage, pre-existing Iowa’s codification of marriage licensing rules
into its law.
The law of nature established from the beginning of time as an incontrovertible legal rule, that
marriage is valid only between a male and female. Since the law of nature was adopted as a legal
proposition by the original thirteen colonies to form the basis of state constitution and law, the
proposition that marriage is valid only between a man and woman is likewise the law of the land.
And of course, Iowa’s admission into the Union on equal footing with the original states, renders
these propositions binding on the people and government of Iowa, as a matter of law.
Thus, if homosexual persons purport to enjoy Iowa’s recognition of a Nonstatutory
Solemnization of Marriage under section 595.11, the law of nature laid down at the founding of
the Country and upon which Iowa itself as a state is admitted, is itself the legal justification for
the differing treatment between homosexual and heterosexual persons. It is, by rough analogy,
the legal equivalent of the “legislature’s rationale” justifying the difference.
Won’t the Iowa Supreme Court just void section 595.11 the same way they voided section 595.2?
While it is true that a Tyrant respects no law other than its own, the question is rather, does any
of the Court’s equal privileges logic concerning section 595.2 apply to section 595.11? The
answer is “No.” How can that be?
The Varnum Court made much ado about the legislature’s rationale in voiding section 595.2.
This does not concern us here. It does not concern us because there can be no equal privileges
challenge to Iowa’s recognition of a Nonstatutory Solemnization of Marriage under section
595.11 which itself is grounded on the law of nature and which by definition acknowledges only
the male and female eligibility of that marriage. To litigate an Iowa equal privileges claim
against section 595.11 in the same manner and fashion as against 595.2, is to maintain that the
Iowa equal privileges clause can be used to strike down the cornerstone of Iowa statehood and
Iowa law itself. It is also an effort to strike down a law–the common law of marriage–a law not
created by the legislature, nor justified by any legislative rationale, by striking down the law of
nature regarding marriage itself.
Whatever power a Court might possess, even a State Supreme Court, it does not possess the
power to invalidate the organic law upon which a state, its constitution, and its laws are based or
upon which they must be derived. No possible valid construction of the equal privileges clause
can, consistent with the law of nature foundation upon which it is grounded, lead a Court to find
or declare that said clause requires the foundation itself to be set aside.
Why discuss all this legal “mumbo-jumbo?” Why not just say that God opposes homosexual
marriage?
The legal foundations of this county are not legal mumbo-jumbo. Our ignorance of them and the
Christian legal and Clerical profession’s embarrassment over pleading or preaching those legal
foundations, have lead us to the sorry state in which we now find ourselves.
Though God himself has declared that only a man and women are eligible for the institution of
marriage, it is not this fact which concerns us as a matter of law. What concerns us, is the
undeniable historical and legal fact that the colonies and state governments of this country,
recognized, acknowledged and established the law of nature as a binding legal proposition, when
they first declared their independence and appealed to it--the laws of nature and of nature’s God--
as the legal foundation upon which the constitutions and governments of these united States shall
operate. It must follow, therefore, that no state that desires to remain in the Union and be
governed accordingly, can deny the foundation upon which it is created. It must follow that no
state, nor any branch of that state’s government, be it a Supreme, appellate or inferior Court of
that state, has jurisdiction to interpret or construe a constitutional clause in such a way as to
nullify, set aside or countermand that foundational law of nature.
Thus, any effort by homosexual persons to qualify their relationship as a Nonstatutory
Solemnization of Marriage under section 595.11 must fail as a matter of law. If Iowans need
direction on how to proceed, they should tell their elected officials that section 595.11 controls
and that as such Iowa does not recognize homosexual marriage. Since nothing in the Varnum
case discuss this law, the Court’s decision is irrelevant.
What else can the Governor do?
He may call upon the legislature to reaffirm by Resolution Iowa's historical commitment to
common law marriage between a man and women and revise the laws of Iowa to recognize the
common law in relevant cases, tying the objects stated in footnote 19 of the opinion to the
common law’s recognition of marriage. He can ask the legislature to carefully articulate the law
of nature basis upon which marriage is grounded and Iowa’s obligation as a State in the Union to
ensure that its laws conform to the law of nature as adopted by the Declaration of Independence.
He can affirm that the law of nature is an independent grounds not discussed by the Court, nor
one which could be lawfully discussed by the Iowa Supreme Court in the Varnum case.
Finally, the Governor can call upon the people of Iowa to make its views know to the legislature
and to defend the separation of powers doctrine against Judicial usurpation.
What about the Legislature?
As noted above, the legislature can do nothing. Or it can do the right thing and reaffirm by
Resolution Iowa's historical commitment to common law marriage between a man and women
and revise the laws of Iowa to recognize the common law in relevant cases, tying the legislative
benefits of marriage stated in footnote 19 of the Court’s opinion, to the common law’s
recognition of marriage. The legislature can also hold hearings for the purpose of carefully
articulate the law of nature basis upon which marriage is grounded and Iowa’s obligation as a
State in the Union to ensure that its laws conform to the law of nature as adopted by the
Declaration of Independence.
The legislature can do one thing in addition. It can hold hearings on the separation of powers. It
can receive testimony to the effect that Courts do not have the power to make laws of general
applicability or bind the people. They only have power to declare the law of the case with regard
to the parties before it. The fact that the decision is wrong does not change this effect with regard
to the parties. There are remedies for a wrong opinion. The judiciary, while the weakest, is still
an equal, independent and coordinate branch of the state government. In short, the Court's effort
on page 68 of its opinion to commandeer the legislative and executive branches into accepting
the Court’s rewrite of the statute is in and of itself a violation of the separation of powers for
which the Court may ultimately be held accountable by the legislature under Article III, sections
19 and 20 permitting impeachment for “malfeasance in office.” The Legislature can determine if
the Impeachment power ought to be used in this case.
What can the Polk County Board of Commissioners do?
The Polk County Board of Commissioners should file a motion to reconsider and clarify in the
21 day period. They should challenge the authority of the Iowa Supreme Court to require the
issuance of a marriage license as stated in its opinion under remedies. They should direct the
County Sheriff to not enforce the Court’s opinion upon the County Register or Recorder.
What can the Media do?
The media and Amicus of record, should stop declaring that the Varnum case legalizes gay
marriage in Iowa. Noting could be further from the truth or more contrary to the limited nature
of judicial power.
Why haven’t I heard others make any of these obvious points?
Ask them, and don’t give them any more money until they answer you satisfactorily.
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The following are the only things I have found in the Iowa Codes that mention what the Governor can or cannot do:
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DUTIES OF IOWA GOVERNOR:
Duties of governor . SEC. 8. He shall transact all executive business with the officers of government, civil and military, and may require information in writing from the officers of the executive department upon any subject relating to the duties of their respective offices.
Duty as to state accounts, §70A.8 of the Code
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70A.8 State accounts - inspection.
The books, accounts, vouchers, and funds belonging to, or kept in, any state office or institution, or in the charge or under the control of any state officer or person having charge of any state funds or property, shall, at all times, be open or subject to the inspection of the governor or any committee appointed by the governor, or by the general assembly or either house thereof; and the governor shall see that such inspection of the office of state treasurer is made at least four times in every twelve months.
[C57, §59, 69; R60, §80, 90; C73, §132; C97, §184; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1225; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §79.8]
C93, §70A.8
Iowa Constitution, Art. IV, §8
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Governor
Election and term. SEC. 2. The governor and the lieutenant governor shall be elected by the qualified electors at the time and place of voting for members of the general assembly. Each of them shall hold office for four years from the time of installation in office and until a successor is elected and qualifies.
Repealed and rewritten 1988, Amendment [41]
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[41] Amendment 1. Section 2 of Article IV of the Constitution of the State of Iowa, as amended by amendment number 1 of the Amendments of 1972, is repealed beginning with the general election in the year 1990 and the following adopted in lieu thereof:
Election and term. SEC. 2. The governor and the lieutenant governor shall be elected by the qualified electors at the time and place of voting for members of the general assembly. Each of them shall hold office for four years from the time of installation in office and until a successor is elected and qualifies.
Section 3 of Article IV of the Constitution of the State of Iowa, as amended by amendment number 1 of the Amendments of 1972, is repealed beginning with the general election in the year 1990 and the following adopted in lieu thereof:
Governor and lieutenant governor elected jointly - returns of elections. SEC. 3. The electors shall designate their selections for governor and lieutenant governor as if these two offices were one and the same. The names of nominees for the governor and the lieutenant governor shall be grouped together in a set on the ballot according to which nominee for governor is seeking office with which nominee for lieutenant governor, as prescribed by law. An elector shall cast only one vote for both a nominee for governor and a nominee for lieutenant governor. The returns of every election for governor and lieutenant governor shall be sealed and transmitted to the seat of government of the state, and directed to the speaker of the house of representatives who shall open and publish them in the presence of both houses of the general assembly.
Section 4 of Article IV of the Constitution of the State of Iowa, as amended by amendment number 1 of the Amendments of 1952, is repealed beginning with the general election in the year 1990 and the following adopted in lieu thereof:
Election by general assembly in case of tie - succession by lieutenant governor. SEC. 4. The nominees for governor and lieutenant governor jointly having the highest number of votes cast for them shall be declared duly elected. If two or more sets of nominees for governor and lieutenant governor have an equal and the highest number of votes for the offices jointly, the general assembly shall by joint vote proceed, as soon as is possible, to elect one set of nominees for governor and lieutenant governor. If, upon the completion by the general assembly of the canvass of votes for governor and lieutenant governor, it appears that the nominee for governor in the set of nominees for governor and lieutenant governor receiving the highest number of votes has since died or resigned, is unable to qualify, fails to qualify, or is for any other reason unable to assume the duties of the office of governor for the ensuing term, the powers and duties shall devolve to the nominee for lieutenant governor of the same set of nominees for governor and lieutenant governor, who shall assume the powers and duties of governor upon inauguration and until the disability is removed. If both nominees for governor and lieutenant governor are unable to assume the duties of the office of governor, the person next in succession shall act as governor.
Section 5 of Article IV of the Constitution of the State of Iowa is repealed beginning with the general election in the year 1990 and the following adopted in lieu thereof:
Contested elections. SEC. 5. Contested elections for the offices of governor and lieutenant governor shall be determined by the general assembly as prescribed by law.
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From the Iowa Constitution.
Execution of laws. SEC. 9. He shall take care that the laws are faithfully executed.
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Convening general assembly. SEC. 11. He may, on extraordinary occasions, convene the general assembly by proclamation, and shall state to both houses, when assembled, the purpose for which they shall have been convened.
See also codified Iowa Constitution, Art. III, §2
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Annual sessions of general assembly - special sessions. SEC. 2. The general assembly shall meet in session on the second Monday of January of each year. Upon written request to the presiding officer of each house of the general assembly by two-thirds of the members of each house, the general assembly shall convene in special session. The governor of the state may convene the general assembly by proclamation in the interim.
Repealed and rewritten 1974, Amendment [36]
Special sessions, see also codified Iowa Constitution, Art. IV, §11
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[36] Amendment 2. Section two (2) of Article three (III) of the Constitution of the State of Iowa, as amended by amendment number one (1) of the Amendments of 1968 to the Constitution of the State of Iowa, is repealed and the following adopted in lieu thereof:
Annual sessions of General Assembly - special sessions. The General Assembly shall meet in session on the second Monday of January of each year. Upon written request to the presiding officer of each House of the General Assembly by two-thirds of the members of each House, the General Assembly shall convene in special session. The Governor of the state may convene the General Assembly by proclamation in the interim.
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Message. SEC. 12. He shall communicate, by message, to the general assembly, at every regular session, the condition of the state, and recommend such matters as he shall deem expedient.
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Iowa Code - Title 1 - Subtitle 4:
7.3 Counsel.
Whenever the governor is satisfied that an action or proceeding has been commenced which may affect the rights or interests of the state, the governor may employ counsel to protect such rights or interests; and when any civil action or proceeding has been or is about to be commenced by the proper officer in behalf of the state, the governor may employ additional counsel to assist in the cause.
[C51, §40; R60, §44; C73, §59; C97, §63; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §80; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §7.3]
Employment by executive council, §13.7
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7.17 Office of administrative rules coordinator - style and form of rules.
1. The governor shall establish the office of the administrative rules coordinator, and appoint its staff, which shall be a part of the governor's office. The administrative rules coordinator shall receive all notices and rules adopted pursuant to chapter 17A and provide the governor with an opportunity to review and object to any rule as provided in chapter 17A.
2. In consultation with the administrative rules coordinator, the administrative code editor shall prescribe a uniform style and form by which an agency shall prepare and file a rule pursuant to chapter 17A, which shall correlate each rule to a uniform numbering system devised by the administrative code editor and which shall provide for electronic filing and publication of the rules from the database used to produce the official publications of the administrative rules of this state. The administrative code editor shall review all submitted rules for style and form and notify the administrative rules coordinator if a rule is not in proper style or form as provided in section 2B.5, and may return or revise a rule which is not in proper style and form. The style and form prescribed shall require that the agency include a reference to the statute which the rules are intended to implement.
[C79, 81, §7.17]
90 Acts, ch 1266, §28; 91 Acts, ch 258, §7; 2006 Acts, ch 1011, §1
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Iowa Code - Title 1 - Subtitle 6
CHAPTER 17A
IOWA ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE ACT
17A.1 Citation and statement of purpose.
17A.2 Definitions.
17A.3 Public information - adoption of rules - availability of rules and orders.
17A.4 Procedure for adoption of rules.
17A.4A Regulatory analysis.
17A.5 Filing and taking effect of rules.
17A.6 Publications.
17A.7 Petition for adoption of rules and request for review of rules.
17A.8 Administrative rules review committee.
17A.9 Declaratory orders.
17A.9A Waivers and variances.
17A.10 Informal settlements - waiver.
17A.10A Contested cases - no factual dispute.
17A.11 Presiding officer, disqualification, substitution.
17A.12 Contested cases - notice - hearing - records.
17A.13 Subpoenas - discovery.
17A.14 Rules of evidence - official notice.
17A.15 Final decisions - proposed decisions - conclusiveness - review by the agency.
17A.16 Decisions and orders - rehearing.
17A.17 Ex parte communications and separation of functions.
17A.18 Licenses.
17A.18A Emergency adjudicative proceedings.
17A.19 Judicial review.
17A.20 Appeals.
17A.21 Inconsistency with federal law.
17A.22 Agency authority to implement chapter.
17A.23 Construction.
17A.24 to 17A.30 Reserved.
17A.31 and 17A.32 Repealed by 98 Acts, ch 1202, §45, 46.
17A.33 Review by administrative rules review committee.
17A.34 Competition with private enterprise - notice for proposed rules.
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17A.9 Declaratory orders.
1. a. Any person may petition an agency for a declaratory order as to the applicability to specified circumstances of a statute, rule, or order within the primary jurisdiction of the agency.
b. (1) An agency shall issue a declaratory order in response to a petition for that order unless the agency determines that issuance of the order under the circumstances would be contrary to a rule adopted in accordance with subsection 2.
(2) However, an agency shall not issue a declaratory order that would substantially prejudice the rights of a person who would be a necessary party and who does not consent in writing to the determination of the matter by a declaratory order proceeding.
2. Each agency shall adopt rules that provide for the form, contents, and filing of petitions for declaratory orders, the procedural rights of persons in relation to the petitions, and the disposition of the petitions. The rules must describe the classes of circumstances in which the agency will not issue a declaratory order and must be consistent with the public interest and with the general policy of this chapter to facilitate and encourage agency issuance of reliable advice.
3. Within fifteen days after receipt of a petition for a declaratory order, an agency shall give notice of the petition to all persons to whom notice is required by any provision of law and may give notice to any other persons.
4. Persons who qualify under any applicable provision of law as an intervenor and who file timely petitions for intervention according to agency rules may intervene in proceedings for declaratory orders. The provisions of sections 17A.10 through 17A.18 apply to agency proceedings for declaratory orders only to the extent an agency so provides by rule or order.
5. Within thirty days after receipt of a petition for a declaratory order, an agency, in writing, shall do one of the following:
a. Issue an order declaring the applicability of the statute, rule, or order in question to the specified circumstances.
b. Set the matter for specified proceedings.
c. Agree to issue a declaratory order by a specified time.
d. Decline to issue a declaratory order, stating the reasons for its action.
6. A copy of all orders issued in response to a petition for a declaratory order must be mailed promptly to the petitioner and any other parties.
7. A declaratory order has the same status and binding effect as any final order issued in a contested case proceeding. A declaratory order must contain the names of all parties to the proceeding on which it is based, the particular facts on which it is based, and the reasons for its conclusion.
8. If an agency has not issued a declaratory order within sixty days after receipt of a petition therefor, or such later time as agreed by the parties, the petition is deemed to have been denied. Once a petition for a declaratory order is deemed denied or if the agency declines to issue a declaratory order pursuant to subsection 5, paragraph "d", a party to that proceeding may either seek judicial review or await further agency action with respect to its petition for a declaratory order.
[C75, 77, 79, 81, §17A.9]
98 Acts, ch 1202, §13, 46; 2008 Acts, ch 1032, §201
Subsection 1 internally renumbered pursuant to Code editor directive
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Can anyone show me where it says in any Iowa Code that Bob Vander Platts cannot stop this Homosexual/Democrat scourge with an Executive Order?
Can anyone show me where it says in the Iowa Constitution that Bob Vander Platts cannot stop this Democrat/Homosexual scourge with an Executive Order?
The Iowa Constitution says the Governor ...
Execution of laws. SEC. 9. He shall take care that the laws are faithfully executed.
The worthless OPINION of the (less-supreme-than-anyone-else) Monkey Judges in Des Moines is NOT Law!
And those Monkey Judges do NOT make Law!
The Opinion of the Monkey Judges is not a Decision ... and it is not a Law!
It is just an Opinion!
It is the 'Reversal Mind-Set' of the Homosexual/Democrats that forbids the use of an Executive Order to stop this Coup d'etat against the People of Iowa by the Democrat/Homosexuals!
Not the Iowa Constitution!
Not any Iowa Codes!
Here are two websites you need to confirm this ...
This is the official and up-to-date website of the Constitution of the State of Iowa.
http://www.legis.state.ia.us/Constitution.html
This is the official website for the Codes of Iowa.
http://search.legis.state.ia.us/nxt/gateway.dll/ar/iac?f=templates&fn=default.htm
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I have searched through the Iowa Codes and Iowa Administrative Codes for two days, and there is no mention of the Powers of the Governor's Executive Orders!
It appears that whoever is in power at the time, decides what Executive Orders the Governor can and cannot issue!
There is no set of rules for Executive Orders of the Governor of Iowa!
Look for yourself!
Search In Vain!
There is nothing there!
It is up to whoever is in the driver's seat!
Now, that I have said this. The Homosexual/Democrats will trot out some bogus interpretations, and/or some new online information
[quickly added to the State site] which will give them the appearance of being authorized to enact a Coup d'etat against the People of Iowa.
And, those scum are elected 'officials' of Iowa?
HELL NO!
Those are Demotopes!
Demotopiates!
Creatures of Demotopia!
NOT Iowans of the Real Iowa!
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Here is a website about this issue. It gives you the chance to read the Executive Orders from recent years.
Full text of recent Executive Orders of Iowa Governors.
http://www.statelibraryofiowa.org/services/law-library/govexecorders/?searchterm=executive%20orders
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When The Democrat/Homosexuals squawk their putrid party-line such as ... “The governor of Iowa cannot stay or overturn a decision of the Supreme Court of Iowa
by an executive order. This is a basic fact of how America's democracy works that most people learned in their high school government class."
What they are really saying is:
1. We paid a lot of money for that worthless and powerless ‘Opinion’ from those Judge-Whores ... and we insist that you consider it to be a ‘decision’ and legally binding ...
because it suits our deviated purposes! That is the basic fact!
2. Most people didn’t give a crap about school government classes to begin with. That is the basic fact!
3. The Homosexual/Democrats want to pretend that individual states do not have different power structures according to their own constitutions -- and therefore are not subject to the decisions that occur in other states. This is true, no matter how much the Democrat/Homosexuals want to pretend (and insist) that anything they do, in any state, must be Universally Accepted Everywhere By All Of Their Slaves! That is the basic fact!
4. Did the Homosexual/Democrats quote any Title and Subtitles and Rules? Hell No! There are none! It is just made up at the time by whoever is in power, and limited only by the history of such actions. And, by whether or not they succeeded in the past, and will they succeed this time?
In short, it is a Political Gamble and a Game with no rules except - will it work or not! If it looks like it could work, based upon the history of such attempts, then go ahead and gamble that it will! That is the basic fact!
5. Since we Democrat/Homosexuals are being paid a lot of money to kill all Morality and Decency in Iowa (already divided and easily conquered because all churches here war against each other), we do not want anyone to spoil it for us! So we say it is not possible! We say it cannot be done! We insist that our words and our demands be Law and Rule and Dominance! That is the basic fact!
And I say - I have to think of the Little Old Ladies at my church - before I answer that.
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Of course the Monkey-Judges-for-Hire (less-supreme-than-anyone-else) will bray and bleat and cry and freak like demented jackasses, if anyone issues an Executive Order that infringes upon their profitable prostitutions!
The Homosexual/Democrats will insist that the Monkey Judges work for their money, and therefore denounce and declare illegal any attempt to save the Human Species here in Iowa!
And all the time, no one will give a damn about the Will of the People!
The ‘People’ are supposed to be controlled, and mollified. The 'People' are supposed to be muted, and confused, and disabled by the medias of the Democrat/Homosexuals -- the Grotesque TV, the Filthy Monkey Bands on the Radio, and especially by the twisted and lying Iowa Newsrags (from Hell)!
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Anyone who says that the Iowa Constitution does not give the Governor the power to intervene in this attack against Iowa Humans is dead wrong! It does not say he cannot protect Iowa Human beings from this dastardly attack. In fact it demands that he protect the People of the State of Iowa from harm and their enemies! And that means the Homosexual/Democrats, Madams Gronstal and
Murphy, Tim Gill, Quiver the whimpy governor, etc.
In this farce of their phony marriages the Democrat/Homosexual lackeys say "We expect duly-elected county recorders to comply with the Iowa Constitution as interpreted unanimously by the Iowa Supreme Court, the highest court in Iowa."
Translation:
We, the Homosexual/Democrats who have foisted this atrocity upon all of you defenseless Humans, and who are enjoying this ever so much -- and are basking in the queer glory of it nationwide -- as the Democrat/Homosexuals everywhere send us messages of --
"Money well spent!" and "Now, that's a Whorehouse to my liking!"
-- demand that you accept our phony domination of all of you, acquiesce to our terms of your surrender, whatever they may be, remain docile and servile as we rape your state before your very eyes, and you had better not complain or oppose our great evilness!
OR WE WILL GET MAD!
AND POUT!
AND STAMP OUR FEET!
AND CRY!
AND ATTACK YOU AGAIN, IN EVEN MORE HORRIBLE WAYS!
Which we are planning to do anyway.
And I say - I have to think of the Little Old Ladies at my church - before I answer that.
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But ..........
Don't just listen to me ..........
Here is another common sense response to the twisted intentions of the Homosexual/Democrats and their attempted Coup d'etat against the Humans of Iowa ... which has split this state into The Real Iowa and the guttural Demo-Iowa.
This is from the website called ReviveTheRepublic.
http://www.revivetherepublic.com/
Article follows:
http://www.revivetherepublic.com/PDF%20files/Straight%20Answers%20to%20Iowa's%20Decision%20on%20Homosexual%20Marriage.pdf
Q & A on the recent decision of the Iowa Supreme Court concerning Marriage
by Attorney Kerry Lee Morgan, April 9, 2009
On April 3, 2009, the Iowa Supreme Court declared that Iowa’s law providing that “Only a
marriage between a male and a female is valid” was unconstitutional, contrary to the equal
privileges clause of Iowa’s Constitution. What does this opinion mean? How should we think
about it? What should be do? The opinion may be found at:
http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/msnbc/sections/news/090403_Iowa_Gay_Marriage_Ruling.pdf
What did the Court actually say?
The Court only declared Iowa law, section 595.2 unconstitutional. That section provided that
“Only a marriage between a male and a female is valid.” The court said this requirement was
unconstitutional because it did not treat homosexual persons and heterosexual persons the same
in terms of marriage. The Court said that Iowa’s Constitution requires the law to treat and
protect both persons equally.
Is the Court’s decision itself, Constitutional?
Article XII, Section 1 of the Iowa Constitution. says that: “This constitution shall be the supreme
law of the state, and any law inconsistent therewith, shall be void.” The Iowa Supreme Court
has the judicial power to declare section 595.2 void. The Court’s decision may be wrong, but it
still has the judicial power to declare state laws void which are contrary to the Constitution of
Iowa.
Is any part of the Courts’s opinion Unconstitutional?
Yes. The judicial power of the Iowa Supreme Court does not include the power to require the
“remaining statutory language” of Iowa’s marriage licensing act to be “interpreted and applied in
a manner allowing gay and lesbian people full access to the institution of civil marriage.”
(Opinion, p. 68). That part of the opinion is dicta, meaning it is not necessary for the opinion.
But more importantly, that part of the opinion usurps the Constitutional power of the Governor.
The local Polk County Board of Commissioners and/or Governor has the power to interpret and
apply the “remaining statutory language,” not the Supreme Court. The State Legislature has the
Constitutional power to enact laws including the power to decide if it will alter or modify the
licensing of marriage in Iowa. The Supreme Court of Iowa does not possess this legislative
power. It does not have the Constitutional or judicial power to make law.
By usurping the Constitutional power of the Governor and Legislature, and commandeering the
authority of the Polk County Board of Commissioners, the Supreme Court of Iowa acted
unconstitutionally. It acted contrary to the separation of powers doctrine which is designed to
prevent any branch from exercising the power of any other branch. As such, neither the
Governor nor the Legislature are bound to take any notice whatsoever, of this part of the Court”s
“opinion.”
What should I encourage the Governor to do?
The Governor ought not follow the Court’s unconstitutional directive that “gay and lesbian
people” are entitled to “full access to the institution of civil marriage.” He has a Constitutional
duty to defend his branch of the Iowa government from the usurpation of the Iowa Supreme
Court. It does not matter what he believes about homosexual persons and marriage in this
context. What is important on this point, is that he defend the Constitutional principle of
separation of powers and that he defend his branch of government from the Supreme Court’s
usurpation thereof.
But What Should He Do about Homosexual Marriage?
If he is not willing to defend his Constitutional authority to interpret and apply the law, then he
probably will not be willing to grab this hot potato. We must recover the rule of law first if we
are to ever hope to recover particular rules such as those governing marriage. Yet, if he believes,
after his own independent Constitutional analysis, that the Court’s decision voiding section 595.2
is a legal error, then he should announce that while the decision binds the parties, the Governor
will not lend any of his office or branch to enforce that erroneous decision. Since the Court
depends entirely on the executive branch to enforce its decisions, the effect of the Governor’s
statement is that the opinion becomes unenforceable and merely a legal oddity. Marriage
remains as it was before the decision of the Court.
On the other hand, if the Governor agrees with the Court’s opinion that section 595.2 violates the
Iowa Constitution, then his branch should implement that decision (not the unconstitutional
aspect thereof noted above). He would say, “OK, I agree with the Court that section 595.2
violates the Iowa Constitution and I will not enforce any marriage licensing law that is limited to
a man and women.” He would also say that the opinion binds the parties, which in this case is
the Polk County Register/Clerk.
Of course, he should also declare that the core and foundation of Iowa’s entire marriage licensing
statute is, in fact and law, the proposition that marriage is by definition between a male and
female. Since the Court has voided that foundation and core, he cannot see how any marriage
license can be issued and the whole licensing scheme is now in doubt. As such, he should
declare that Iowa has no authority to issue a marriage license to anyone at all and call upon the
Legislature to decide what it will do if anything in response.
Yet, if the Governor thinks he has no power in this area, then it may fall to the Polk County
Board of Commissioners and County Lawyers to run with the ball. They should file a motion to
reconsider and clarify in the 21 day period. They should challenge the authority of the Iowa
Supreme Court to require the issuance of a marriage license as stated in its opinion under
remedies.
Well, then, how can someone get married in either Polk County or in Iowa?
People can get married as they have always gotten married. Persons desiring to be married may
be married in other states, foreign states, or publicly hold themselves out in Iowa as married
according to the common law which is limited to marriage between a man and women. The
Court's decision has nothing to do with common law marriage and its “independent research” on
this question (Opinion, p. 68) suggesting that no other basis exists for civil marriage is both dicta,
as well as beyond the power of a Court as noted above. Courts do not undertake independent
research of legal questions. That is a legislative and executive function. (Nor does Iowa's
reliance on common law marriage implicate footnote 24 of the Court’s opinion). As a matter of
fact, Iowa already recognizes common law marriages. They are called “Nonstatutory
Solemnization of Marriage”
OK, What Is a Nonstatutory Solemnization of Marriage?
I am glad you asked. In rendering its decision, the Court took no position concerning any other
section of Iowa’s marriage licensing law. It let stand the State’s claim that marriage is a civil
contract and may impose age requirements. But most importantly, the Court never addressed
Iowa Code section 595.11 which preserves the common law basis for marriage.
That section states:
“595.11 NONSTATUTORY SOLEMNIZATION -- FORFEITURE.
Marriages solemnized, with the consent of parties, in any manner other than that
prescribed in this chapter, are valid; but the parties, and all persons aiding or abetting
them, shall pay to the treasurer of state for deposit in the general fund of the state the sum
of fifty dollars each; but this shall not apply to the person conducting the marriage
ceremony, if within fifteen days after the ceremony is conducted, the person makes the
required return to the county registrar.”
Note that the law refers to “marriages solemnized.” It does not refer to civil unions. Section
595.11 is clearly intended to preserve and protect the common law means of marrying;, i.e,
marrying without a license from the State or requiring that the parties register the marriage.
Thus, at least in Polk County Iowa, persons may marry pursuant to the common law and if they
desire the state to recognize that marriage, they may at their discretion, register their marriage.
But we must remember it is a marriage that is being registered. It is a marriage solemnized
according to the common law.
Can Homosexuals Have a Solemnized Marriage?
No. Why not? We must naturally inquire if homosexual persons may enter into a solemnized
marriage and thus have the ability to register that arrangement with the County Register or Clerk.
The answer is that common law marriages are recognized according to the rules of the common
law. The rules of the common law are a function of the “laws of nature and of nature’s God” as
that legal term is employed in our Declaration of Independence. That document, in turn
establishes that the legal basis of all American Statehood, and equally of Iowa’s statehood, its
Constitution and law, are all likewise grounded in the law of nature. It is this law of nature–rules
binding over the globe, under all circumstances and through all time–that reflects the legal basis
of section 595.11 Non-statutory Solemnization of Marriages. It is also this law of nature, that
reflects the institution of marriage, pre-existing Iowa’s codification of marriage licensing rules
into its law.
The law of nature established from the beginning of time as an incontrovertible legal rule, that
marriage is valid only between a male and female. Since the law of nature was adopted as a legal
proposition by the original thirteen colonies to form the basis of state constitution and law, the
proposition that marriage is valid only between a man and woman is likewise the law of the land.
And of course, Iowa’s admission into the Union on equal footing with the original states, renders
these propositions binding on the people and government of Iowa, as a matter of law.
Thus, if homosexual persons purport to enjoy Iowa’s recognition of a Nonstatutory
Solemnization of Marriage under section 595.11, the law of nature laid down at the founding of
the Country and upon which Iowa itself as a state is admitted, is itself the legal justification for
the differing treatment between homosexual and heterosexual persons. It is, by rough analogy,
the legal equivalent of the “legislature’s rationale” justifying the difference.
Won’t the Iowa Supreme Court just void section 595.11 the same way they voided section 595.2?
While it is true that a Tyrant respects no law other than its own, the question is rather, does any
of the Court’s equal privileges logic concerning section 595.2 apply to section 595.11? The
answer is “No.” How can that be?
The Varnum Court made much ado about the legislature’s rationale in voiding section 595.2.
This does not concern us here. It does not concern us because there can be no equal privileges
challenge to Iowa’s recognition of a Nonstatutory Solemnization of Marriage under section
595.11 which itself is grounded on the law of nature and which by definition acknowledges only
the male and female eligibility of that marriage. To litigate an Iowa equal privileges claim
against section 595.11 in the same manner and fashion as against 595.2, is to maintain that the
Iowa equal privileges clause can be used to strike down the cornerstone of Iowa statehood and
Iowa law itself. It is also an effort to strike down a law–the common law of marriage–a law not
created by the legislature, nor justified by any legislative rationale, by striking down the law of
nature regarding marriage itself.
Whatever power a Court might possess, even a State Supreme Court, it does not possess the
power to invalidate the organic law upon which a state, its constitution, and its laws are based or
upon which they must be derived. No possible valid construction of the equal privileges clause
can, consistent with the law of nature foundation upon which it is grounded, lead a Court to find
or declare that said clause requires the foundation itself to be set aside.
Why discuss all this legal “mumbo-jumbo?” Why not just say that God opposes homosexual
marriage?
The legal foundations of this county are not legal mumbo-jumbo. Our ignorance of them and the
Christian legal and Clerical profession’s embarrassment over pleading or preaching those legal
foundations, have lead us to the sorry state in which we now find ourselves.
Though God himself has declared that only a man and women are eligible for the institution of
marriage, it is not this fact which concerns us as a matter of law. What concerns us, is the
undeniable historical and legal fact that the colonies and state governments of this country,
recognized, acknowledged and established the law of nature as a binding legal proposition, when
they first declared their independence and appealed to it--the laws of nature and of nature’s God--
as the legal foundation upon which the constitutions and governments of these united States shall
operate. It must follow, therefore, that no state that desires to remain in the Union and be
governed accordingly, can deny the foundation upon which it is created. It must follow that no
state, nor any branch of that state’s government, be it a Supreme, appellate or inferior Court of
that state, has jurisdiction to interpret or construe a constitutional clause in such a way as to
nullify, set aside or countermand that foundational law of nature.
Thus, any effort by homosexual persons to qualify their relationship as a Nonstatutory
Solemnization of Marriage under section 595.11 must fail as a matter of law. If Iowans need
direction on how to proceed, they should tell their elected officials that section 595.11 controls
and that as such Iowa does not recognize homosexual marriage. Since nothing in the Varnum
case discuss this law, the Court’s decision is irrelevant.
What else can the Governor do?
He may call upon the legislature to reaffirm by Resolution Iowa's historical commitment to
common law marriage between a man and women and revise the laws of Iowa to recognize the
common law in relevant cases, tying the objects stated in footnote 19 of the opinion to the
common law’s recognition of marriage. He can ask the legislature to carefully articulate the law
of nature basis upon which marriage is grounded and Iowa’s obligation as a State in the Union to
ensure that its laws conform to the law of nature as adopted by the Declaration of Independence.
He can affirm that the law of nature is an independent grounds not discussed by the Court, nor
one which could be lawfully discussed by the Iowa Supreme Court in the Varnum case.
Finally, the Governor can call upon the people of Iowa to make its views know to the legislature
and to defend the separation of powers doctrine against Judicial usurpation.
What about the Legislature?
As noted above, the legislature can do nothing. Or it can do the right thing and reaffirm by
Resolution Iowa's historical commitment to common law marriage between a man and women
and revise the laws of Iowa to recognize the common law in relevant cases, tying the legislative
benefits of marriage stated in footnote 19 of the Court’s opinion, to the common law’s
recognition of marriage. The legislature can also hold hearings for the purpose of carefully
articulate the law of nature basis upon which marriage is grounded and Iowa’s obligation as a
State in the Union to ensure that its laws conform to the law of nature as adopted by the
Declaration of Independence.
The legislature can do one thing in addition. It can hold hearings on the separation of powers. It
can receive testimony to the effect that Courts do not have the power to make laws of general
applicability or bind the people. They only have power to declare the law of the case with regard
to the parties before it. The fact that the decision is wrong does not change this effect with regard
to the parties. There are remedies for a wrong opinion. The judiciary, while the weakest, is still
an equal, independent and coordinate branch of the state government. In short, the Court's effort
on page 68 of its opinion to commandeer the legislative and executive branches into accepting
the Court’s rewrite of the statute is in and of itself a violation of the separation of powers for
which the Court may ultimately be held accountable by the legislature under Article III, sections
19 and 20 permitting impeachment for “malfeasance in office.” The Legislature can determine if
the Impeachment power ought to be used in this case.
What can the Polk County Board of Commissioners do?
The Polk County Board of Commissioners should file a motion to reconsider and clarify in the
21 day period. They should challenge the authority of the Iowa Supreme Court to require the
issuance of a marriage license as stated in its opinion under remedies. They should direct the
County Sheriff to not enforce the Court’s opinion upon the County Register or Recorder.
What can the Media do?
The media and Amicus of record, should stop declaring that the Varnum case legalizes gay
marriage in Iowa. Noting could be further from the truth or more contrary to the limited nature
of judicial power.
Why haven’t I heard others make any of these obvious points?
Ask them, and don’t give them any more money until they answer you satisfactorily.
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The following are the only things I have found in the Iowa Codes that mention what the Governor can or cannot do:
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DUTIES OF IOWA GOVERNOR:
Duties of governor . SEC. 8. He shall transact all executive business with the officers of government, civil and military, and may require information in writing from the officers of the executive department upon any subject relating to the duties of their respective offices.
Duty as to state accounts, §70A.8 of the Code
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70A.8 State accounts - inspection.
The books, accounts, vouchers, and funds belonging to, or kept in, any state office or institution, or in the charge or under the control of any state officer or person having charge of any state funds or property, shall, at all times, be open or subject to the inspection of the governor or any committee appointed by the governor, or by the general assembly or either house thereof; and the governor shall see that such inspection of the office of state treasurer is made at least four times in every twelve months.
[C57, §59, 69; R60, §80, 90; C73, §132; C97, §184; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1225; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §79.8]
C93, §70A.8
Iowa Constitution, Art. IV, §8
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Governor
Election and term. SEC. 2. The governor and the lieutenant governor shall be elected by the qualified electors at the time and place of voting for members of the general assembly. Each of them shall hold office for four years from the time of installation in office and until a successor is elected and qualifies.
Repealed and rewritten 1988, Amendment [41]
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[41] Amendment 1. Section 2 of Article IV of the Constitution of the State of Iowa, as amended by amendment number 1 of the Amendments of 1972, is repealed beginning with the general election in the year 1990 and the following adopted in lieu thereof:
Election and term. SEC. 2. The governor and the lieutenant governor shall be elected by the qualified electors at the time and place of voting for members of the general assembly. Each of them shall hold office for four years from the time of installation in office and until a successor is elected and qualifies.
Section 3 of Article IV of the Constitution of the State of Iowa, as amended by amendment number 1 of the Amendments of 1972, is repealed beginning with the general election in the year 1990 and the following adopted in lieu thereof:
Governor and lieutenant governor elected jointly - returns of elections. SEC. 3. The electors shall designate their selections for governor and lieutenant governor as if these two offices were one and the same. The names of nominees for the governor and the lieutenant governor shall be grouped together in a set on the ballot according to which nominee for governor is seeking office with which nominee for lieutenant governor, as prescribed by law. An elector shall cast only one vote for both a nominee for governor and a nominee for lieutenant governor. The returns of every election for governor and lieutenant governor shall be sealed and transmitted to the seat of government of the state, and directed to the speaker of the house of representatives who shall open and publish them in the presence of both houses of the general assembly.
Section 4 of Article IV of the Constitution of the State of Iowa, as amended by amendment number 1 of the Amendments of 1952, is repealed beginning with the general election in the year 1990 and the following adopted in lieu thereof:
Election by general assembly in case of tie - succession by lieutenant governor. SEC. 4. The nominees for governor and lieutenant governor jointly having the highest number of votes cast for them shall be declared duly elected. If two or more sets of nominees for governor and lieutenant governor have an equal and the highest number of votes for the offices jointly, the general assembly shall by joint vote proceed, as soon as is possible, to elect one set of nominees for governor and lieutenant governor. If, upon the completion by the general assembly of the canvass of votes for governor and lieutenant governor, it appears that the nominee for governor in the set of nominees for governor and lieutenant governor receiving the highest number of votes has since died or resigned, is unable to qualify, fails to qualify, or is for any other reason unable to assume the duties of the office of governor for the ensuing term, the powers and duties shall devolve to the nominee for lieutenant governor of the same set of nominees for governor and lieutenant governor, who shall assume the powers and duties of governor upon inauguration and until the disability is removed. If both nominees for governor and lieutenant governor are unable to assume the duties of the office of governor, the person next in succession shall act as governor.
Section 5 of Article IV of the Constitution of the State of Iowa is repealed beginning with the general election in the year 1990 and the following adopted in lieu thereof:
Contested elections. SEC. 5. Contested elections for the offices of governor and lieutenant governor shall be determined by the general assembly as prescribed by law.
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From the Iowa Constitution.
Execution of laws. SEC. 9. He shall take care that the laws are faithfully executed.
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Convening general assembly. SEC. 11. He may, on extraordinary occasions, convene the general assembly by proclamation, and shall state to both houses, when assembled, the purpose for which they shall have been convened.
See also codified Iowa Constitution, Art. III, §2
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Annual sessions of general assembly - special sessions. SEC. 2. The general assembly shall meet in session on the second Monday of January of each year. Upon written request to the presiding officer of each house of the general assembly by two-thirds of the members of each house, the general assembly shall convene in special session. The governor of the state may convene the general assembly by proclamation in the interim.
Repealed and rewritten 1974, Amendment [36]
Special sessions, see also codified Iowa Constitution, Art. IV, §11
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[36] Amendment 2. Section two (2) of Article three (III) of the Constitution of the State of Iowa, as amended by amendment number one (1) of the Amendments of 1968 to the Constitution of the State of Iowa, is repealed and the following adopted in lieu thereof:
Annual sessions of General Assembly - special sessions. The General Assembly shall meet in session on the second Monday of January of each year. Upon written request to the presiding officer of each House of the General Assembly by two-thirds of the members of each House, the General Assembly shall convene in special session. The Governor of the state may convene the General Assembly by proclamation in the interim.
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Message. SEC. 12. He shall communicate, by message, to the general assembly, at every regular session, the condition of the state, and recommend such matters as he shall deem expedient.
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Iowa Code - Title 1 - Subtitle 4:
7.3 Counsel.
Whenever the governor is satisfied that an action or proceeding has been commenced which may affect the rights or interests of the state, the governor may employ counsel to protect such rights or interests; and when any civil action or proceeding has been or is about to be commenced by the proper officer in behalf of the state, the governor may employ additional counsel to assist in the cause.
[C51, §40; R60, §44; C73, §59; C97, §63; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §80; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §7.3]
Employment by executive council, §13.7
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7.17 Office of administrative rules coordinator - style and form of rules.
1. The governor shall establish the office of the administrative rules coordinator, and appoint its staff, which shall be a part of the governor's office. The administrative rules coordinator shall receive all notices and rules adopted pursuant to chapter 17A and provide the governor with an opportunity to review and object to any rule as provided in chapter 17A.
2. In consultation with the administrative rules coordinator, the administrative code editor shall prescribe a uniform style and form by which an agency shall prepare and file a rule pursuant to chapter 17A, which shall correlate each rule to a uniform numbering system devised by the administrative code editor and which shall provide for electronic filing and publication of the rules from the database used to produce the official publications of the administrative rules of this state. The administrative code editor shall review all submitted rules for style and form and notify the administrative rules coordinator if a rule is not in proper style or form as provided in section 2B.5, and may return or revise a rule which is not in proper style and form. The style and form prescribed shall require that the agency include a reference to the statute which the rules are intended to implement.
[C79, 81, §7.17]
90 Acts, ch 1266, §28; 91 Acts, ch 258, §7; 2006 Acts, ch 1011, §1
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Iowa Code - Title 1 - Subtitle 6
CHAPTER 17A
IOWA ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE ACT
17A.1 Citation and statement of purpose.
17A.2 Definitions.
17A.3 Public information - adoption of rules - availability of rules and orders.
17A.4 Procedure for adoption of rules.
17A.4A Regulatory analysis.
17A.5 Filing and taking effect of rules.
17A.6 Publications.
17A.7 Petition for adoption of rules and request for review of rules.
17A.8 Administrative rules review committee.
17A.9 Declaratory orders.
17A.9A Waivers and variances.
17A.10 Informal settlements - waiver.
17A.10A Contested cases - no factual dispute.
17A.11 Presiding officer, disqualification, substitution.
17A.12 Contested cases - notice - hearing - records.
17A.13 Subpoenas - discovery.
17A.14 Rules of evidence - official notice.
17A.15 Final decisions - proposed decisions - conclusiveness - review by the agency.
17A.16 Decisions and orders - rehearing.
17A.17 Ex parte communications and separation of functions.
17A.18 Licenses.
17A.18A Emergency adjudicative proceedings.
17A.19 Judicial review.
17A.20 Appeals.
17A.21 Inconsistency with federal law.
17A.22 Agency authority to implement chapter.
17A.23 Construction.
17A.24 to 17A.30 Reserved.
17A.31 and 17A.32 Repealed by 98 Acts, ch 1202, §45, 46.
17A.33 Review by administrative rules review committee.
17A.34 Competition with private enterprise - notice for proposed rules.
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17A.9 Declaratory orders.
1. a. Any person may petition an agency for a declaratory order as to the applicability to specified circumstances of a statute, rule, or order within the primary jurisdiction of the agency.
b. (1) An agency shall issue a declaratory order in response to a petition for that order unless the agency determines that issuance of the order under the circumstances would be contrary to a rule adopted in accordance with subsection 2.
(2) However, an agency shall not issue a declaratory order that would substantially prejudice the rights of a person who would be a necessary party and who does not consent in writing to the determination of the matter by a declaratory order proceeding.
2. Each agency shall adopt rules that provide for the form, contents, and filing of petitions for declaratory orders, the procedural rights of persons in relation to the petitions, and the disposition of the petitions. The rules must describe the classes of circumstances in which the agency will not issue a declaratory order and must be consistent with the public interest and with the general policy of this chapter to facilitate and encourage agency issuance of reliable advice.
3. Within fifteen days after receipt of a petition for a declaratory order, an agency shall give notice of the petition to all persons to whom notice is required by any provision of law and may give notice to any other persons.
4. Persons who qualify under any applicable provision of law as an intervenor and who file timely petitions for intervention according to agency rules may intervene in proceedings for declaratory orders. The provisions of sections 17A.10 through 17A.18 apply to agency proceedings for declaratory orders only to the extent an agency so provides by rule or order.
5. Within thirty days after receipt of a petition for a declaratory order, an agency, in writing, shall do one of the following:
a. Issue an order declaring the applicability of the statute, rule, or order in question to the specified circumstances.
b. Set the matter for specified proceedings.
c. Agree to issue a declaratory order by a specified time.
d. Decline to issue a declaratory order, stating the reasons for its action.
6. A copy of all orders issued in response to a petition for a declaratory order must be mailed promptly to the petitioner and any other parties.
7. A declaratory order has the same status and binding effect as any final order issued in a contested case proceeding. A declaratory order must contain the names of all parties to the proceeding on which it is based, the particular facts on which it is based, and the reasons for its conclusion.
8. If an agency has not issued a declaratory order within sixty days after receipt of a petition therefor, or such later time as agreed by the parties, the petition is deemed to have been denied. Once a petition for a declaratory order is deemed denied or if the agency declines to issue a declaratory order pursuant to subsection 5, paragraph "d", a party to that proceeding may either seek judicial review or await further agency action with respect to its petition for a declaratory order.
[C75, 77, 79, 81, §17A.9]
98 Acts, ch 1202, §13, 46; 2008 Acts, ch 1032, §201
Subsection 1 internally renumbered pursuant to Code editor directive
Thursday, July 2, 2009
HAVE A GOOD FOURTH OF JULY!
The Fourth of July is an important Human Celebration -- enjoy it my Humans!
And, I strongly suggest WEAPONS PRACTICE!
And then, demand more Ammunition! Demand Ammunition!
I will have something interesting for all Humans, Monday.
Yours Truly,
Markel Peters
And, I strongly suggest WEAPONS PRACTICE!
And then, demand more Ammunition! Demand Ammunition!
I will have something interesting for all Humans, Monday.
Yours Truly,
Markel Peters
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