Democrats rushed to court in Marion County after Indiana House Speaker Bosma began levying $1000 per day fines on Wednesday. They aren’t disputing Bosma’s authority to impose those fines, but they are challenging his authority to order the money to be taken from their expense pay. Thursday was the seventh day Democrats have shut down business in the state's lower house.
“The judge made it clear that he couldn't’t interfere with our fining mechanism,” Bosma says. “There was just a question about how the deduction was made and we’re moving forward the same way we did last year. We collected it all last year; we’re going to collect it again this year.
Possession is nine tenths of the law! A very bad argument was put forth by Minority Leader Pat Bauer who says the fines are an impediment to free speech. Give me a break!
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