JOHN KETZENBERGER Commentary: Let’s use the right tool for the job
Indiana is one of just four states that requires a two-thirds majority to be present in the House or Senate to conduct business. It’s a tool our constitution’s drafters granted the minority party in 1851 to protect it from a tyrannical majority. Too bad lawmakers lately have used the provision like a sledgehammer, smashing the legislative process to bits. Lawmakers aren’t the only ones choosing the wrong tool, though. Gov. Mitch Daniels took a few swings with his rhetorical sledgehammer,…