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Big Game Hunting => Other Big Game => Topic started by: RC on October 17, 2024, 01:17:12 PM

Title: Lorna Smith out?
Post by: RC on October 17, 2024, 01:17:12 PM: Just got this notification:

https://sportsmensalliance.org/news/sportsmens-alliance-wins-case-in-washington-supreme-court/

Best news I've seen in a long time. What happens next?
Title: Re: Lorna Smith out?
Post by: Knocker of rocks on October 17, 2024, 01:51:24 PM: Literally nothing. She has already quit her county job, so there is nothing left to do. The law has no punishment for this violation
Title: Re: Lorna Smith out?
Post by: Pacific Ghost on October 17, 2024, 01:57:11 PM: Should be a consequence of some sort for both of them. She held another office while commissioner, so she should be removed now, regardless of quitting the other one.
Title: Re: Lorna Smith out?
Post by: pianoman9701 on October 17, 2024, 02:02:11 PM: Yeah, so no penalty to either the Governor or Lorna...and she still retains her seat on the Commission. This ruling has zero teeth. Our state is a joke.
Title: Re: Lorna Smith out?
Post by: ducks4days on October 17, 2024, 02:03:51 PM: https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=77.04.040

The law doesnt specify remedial actions or penalties of any kind. The courts could make up remedial actions on a whim, but they would be subject to appeals, stayed until the appeals were exhausted, and likely overturned unless the court was able to cite caselaw supporting them. The court can not make up penalties on a whim, period.

So all this is is a final, unappealable decision that Inslee and Smith broke the law, but can not be penalized for doing it and nothing changes.
Title: Re: Lorna Smith out?
Post by: Rainier10 on October 17, 2024, 05:04:20 PM: Another topic same subject in the advocacy board.

https://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,288818.msg3926762/topicseen.html#new