Senate Democrats and Separation of Powers

Virginia Senate Democrats filed a lawsuit asking for an injunction to prevent Lieutenant Governor Bill Bolling from voting on organizational matters in the Senate. The Lawsuit asks the courts to declare that the LG can not break ties in organizational votes.

Democrats have crossed a line here. The Judiciary and the Legislature are co-equal branches of government. Heck, the 5th paragraph in the Virginia Constitution is the Separation of Powers clause.

“That the legislative, executive, and judicial departments of the Commonwealth should be separate and distinct;”

The legislature should govern its organizational rules. I think allowing the Judiciary to dictate how the Senate organizes its committee assignments would be a grave mistake.

No, this isn’t the first time Democrats run to the Judiciary when they lose elections. But this is an organizational vote, and I think it’s completely improper for the courts to decide how the legislature structures committee assignments.

What’s next? If some Senator doesn’t like Bolling’s ruling on a Point of Order, are we headed to the Supreme Court?

It would be interesting if someone requested an opinion from the Attorney General concerning Separation of Powers issues in the Democrats’ lawsuit.

It might be the only thing Cuccinelli and Bolling agree on for the next two years.

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