By a three-to-two vote, the Wyoming Supreme Court overturned Senate File 104, an outrage perpetrated by the state legislature in 2013, which had negated the position of Superintendent of Public Instruction, and consigned its powers and duties to an appointee of the governor. Immediately on its passage last year, Cindy Hill, the current Superintendent of Public Instruction, had filed suit seeking to have the measure overturned. Though previously upheld by a lower court, the Wyoming Supreme Court completely nixed this outrageous governmental power grab. For the moment, the people of Wyoming can celebrate victory over a contemptible effort to demolish the rightful separation of powers, as inarguably spelled out in the Wyoming Constitution, and which is itself deliberately reflective of the same concept in the U.S. Constitution. While many throughout the nation have remained blissfully unaware of the ongoing drama in Wyoming, this issue is of enormous consequence to the good people of the Cowboy State. Furthermore, the principles involved could generate far reaching fallout across the rest of the nation. On that basis alone it is worth the watching. Though it is far too soon to declare victory in the battle to rein in an out of control state government, a fundamental course correction is now a possibility, which would enormously benefit the citizenry on several fronts. For starters, Superintendent Hill can shortly resume her programs which were designed to bolster academic performance among Wyoming children, and which enjoyed enormous success on that front. Improving education for the children of the state was and still remains her top priority. To her dismay, these sentiments have not been generally shared by many entrenched bureaucrats and their political accomplices, who long ago recognized the universal appeal of promoting education, ostensibly for the sake of the children, while exploiting it to gain access to the largest money pipeline in the state budget. And from that pipeline, far too many in government, whose only asset was having the right connections, could benefit personally, without returning anything positive to those young people in the classrooms whose educational well-being was supposed to be paramount.
Posted on: Sun, 02 Feb 2014 03:13:19 +0000
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