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Louisiana voters reject 4 constitutional amendments, handing Landry major defeat: ‘No on All’ campaign dooms major tax and budget changes (lailluminator.com)

submitted 1 day ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 47 points 1 day ago

Amendment 1 would have made it easier to form "specialty courts" that have jurisdiction outside of their parish.

Amendment 2 would have lowered the maximum state tax rate and made it harder to raise taxes. It also would have moved money from the state savings to the general fund where it would be easier for the current administration to spend it. It also would have weakened property tax protections for non-profits and churches.

Amendment 3 would have made it easier to put juvenile defendants on trial as adults and send them to adult prison. Juvenile detention is expensive, while adult prisons are profitable business because slave labor and atrocious living conditions.

Amendment 4 would have made it easier to fill vacant court seats, especially on the State Supreme Court.

All four of these are horrifying power grabs that you see at the beginning of a fascist coup.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 day ago

You'd think the fascists would have learned not to put this stuff to a referendum by now. I suppose we should be grateful they havent.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Based on previous Republican plays, that will mean the next policy change is to do with how voters contribute to constitutional amendments!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

Or they’ll just enact what they wanted to regardless. See Texas for example.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

oh common louisiana. Just bend over. Everyone else is doing it.