It is getting that time of the year.
I just saw Jim Lucas post on the Book of Faces that he is introducing a Concealed Carry Bill in the upcoming session, HB1034.
It is a Constitutional Carry bill not concealed carry. Jim.
Please understand that "concealed carry bill", which Indiana does not have now or in the past, is on a separate railroad track from Constitutional Carry.
Will Holcomb sign it if it managed to pass?
Will Holcomb sign it if it managed to pass?
If it passes, I would hope that there would be enough support to override his veto.
A simple statement that in Indiana a simple majority is needed in both houses to override a veto would have sufficed.I need to do a Indiana State government thread.
A simple statement that in Indiana a simple majority is needed in both houses to override a veto would have sufficed.
I need to do a Indiana State government thread.
The Governor of Indiana is far less powerful than the President of the USA or even the Governors of other states. The Constitution of 1851, as per the Jacksonian spirit of the times, defined a weak Governor. The General Assembly and the Supreme Court of Indiana fought the Governor from 1851 to the constitutional amendments of the 1970s.
Governors of Indiana very rarely use the veto as it is considered a paper tiger here. Gov. Wright did and after he came to the General Assembly to accuse them of corruption and accepting bribes from banks, the General Assembly quickly overturned his vetos. It takes a majority to override a veto, not 2/3s as the Media incessantly tells you.
See if this helps with the background--Office of the Governor, Indiana: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor_of_Indiana