Court Opinion

ID: 9593144
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 00:20:05.224992+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:01:18.756948
License: Public Domain

Duckworth, Chief Justice,
dissenting. I think each of the three attacks upon the alleged constitutional amendment was valid. (1) In leaving to possible future action of the local authorities to determine if a ratified amendment would become valid, this amendment was itself thereby rendered invalid. (2) In allowing Monroe to select some members of the board, then allowing the grand jury, which speaks for Monroe as well as the other portions of the county, to name some members of the board, Monroe is given the greater voice in constituting the board; hence, uniformity and equality is denied, and discrimination practiced. (3) Since Social Circle is compelled by the amendment to conform thereto if it chooses in the future to become a part of the county system, it is thus directly affected, and under the Constitution it must have ratified the amendment as required. For all these reasons I think the majority opinion is incorrect, and I therefore dissent.