OLYMPIA — The chairwoman of the Senate Ways and Means Committee called Initiative 960 “clearly unconstitutional,” but a Republican member of the panel strongly disagreed.
“It’s clearly unconstitutional,” Sen. Margarita Prentice said after another witness argued against any changes in a law passed by voters. “The Supreme Court was given an opportunity (to say so) and it punted.”
That prompted a retort from Sen. Cheryl Pflug: “If our Supreme Court didn’t declare it unconstitutional, it’s not. It’s inappropriate for a member of this body to say we know better.”
Jim Camden is a veteran political reporter for The Spokesman-Review.
Jonathan Brunt is an enterprise reporter for The Spokesman-Review.
Kip Hill is a general assignments reporter for The Spokesman-Review.
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