Court Opinion

ID: 9849893
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-24 04:49:02.030772+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:20:28.087894
License: Public Domain

Clarke, Chief Justice,
concurring.
I concur in the majority opinion. I write only to emphasize the words “forever conclusive” as they appear in the Georgia Constitution relating to bond validation orders. This plainly states a policy establishing finality of judgments which validate bonds.
Division 2 of the majority opinion discusses the superiority of the Constitution over statutes. In this connection I note an obvious truth that a statute is a mandate of the legislature as the people’s representatives. A constitutional provision is not only a mandate of the people’s representatives, but also of the people themselves. When the people ratify a constitutional provision, they speak in the most solemn voice they have at their command. The courts must hear that voice, and it must prevail. This opinion simply holds that the voice of the people is heard, and it is followed.