The 10-20 rule

In his blog titled “When our Backs are Turned,” jadamsark, reminds us of the veto power invested in Governor Rick Perry.  Because of the 10-20 rule, the Governor can keep a bill from becoming law simply by vetoing it after the regular 140 day legislative session is over and all the legislators have gone home.  They do not have the power to return and try to rally a vote to override the veto, so it stays.

This process seems to disrupt the ideal of checks and balances that our national founding fathers fought so hard to preserve in the U.S Constitution.