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Klein Throws His Support Behind The Courts
Jeffrey D. Klein
January 30, 2007
“The terms under which the Berger Commission was assembled are authoritarian and should be illegal. The Commission completely circumvented our system of democracy and I will not stand silent as vital resources like
In his avadavat Senator Klein reiterated that: “The loss of this hospital (
The Berger Commission was created by Section 31, Part K, Chapter 63 of the Laws of 2005 which did not require the legislature’s approval of Berger Commission recommendations in order for those recommendations to have the force of law. The Legislature was given no option but to uniformly reject the recommendations within thirty days to prevent them from passing.
When the Berger commission released its report in November, 2006 Senator Klein convened with his colleagues to advocate against the closure of
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