Many of the legislature's problems stem from the generous rewards to be found in Brazil's hydra-headed party system, an unwieldy collection of dozens of political organizations whose names and agendas often leave Brazilians scratching their heads.
"The legislature understands the problem... better than we do," Justice Breyer wrote.
Governor Walker said that part of the reason for the fiscal challenges was that previous governors and legislatures pushed fiscal problems down the road with short-term fixes.
Even the Republican-controlled legislature recognized a problem in December, passing a law that requires failing charter schools to improve or face closing in mid-2009.
There was no visible Indian opposition to the suggested law and it passed the state legislature without a problem.
Because of the cumulative onslaught of citizen legislation, "lawmakers slowly lost their control over pieces of the law, then over the budget," they argue.Too small for the jobClearly the legislature suffers from some problems unrelated to the initiative process.
In addition, the US Supreme Court held that when the Florida court rooted its arguments in state law, it must have accepted what the legislature intended.There are two problems with this.
There is hope the legislature will address the problem next year.
Worldwide, democratically elected legislatures share some growing problems, some speakers said.
The state's budget shortfalls are so dire that the Florida's chief financial officer, Alex Sink, last week called for an emergency session of the state's legislature to tackle the problem.
