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43 Seton Hall Legis. J. 1 (2019)

handle is hein.journals/sethlegj43 and id is 1 raw text is: MILLER (Do NOT DFLvm) 1/16/2019 11:09AM WHILEY V. SCOTT: MISINTERPRETING FLORIDA'S HISTORICAL SCOPE OF CONSTITUTIONAL EXECUTIVE POWER Eric Miller* I. INTRODUCTION .............................................2 A. Historical Context of Constitutional Executive Power in Florida.................... ................ 4 II. PROLOGUE TO QUO WARRANTO ..............6...........6 A. Etienne v. DCF ............... ..................6 B. Executive Order 11-01..........................7 C. Impact of EO 11-01 on the Etienne Litigation..................9 III. THE ISSUES: PRESENTATION, ARGUMENT, AND ANALYSIS..........11 A. Point: Whiley and Amici .................. .......... 11 B. Counterpoint: The Governor and The Attorney General .... 16 1. Executive Order 11-72......................... 16 2. The Governor's Response to the Petition.................17 3. The Attorney General's Amicus Curiae Brief Supporting the Governor ....................... .....22 IV. THE MAJORITY OPINION AND THE DISSENTS . .................24 V. WHLEY V. SCOTT: AN ANALYSIS ..................... ......26 A. The Majority Erroneously Presumed Some Abrogation or Violation of the APA...... ...................26 B. The Majority Improperly Interpreted Article IV............29 1. Principles for Interpreting the Florida Constitution...... 30 2. The Majority's Alternate Interpretation of Article IV.. 31 3. Historical Guidance: Past Practices of Governors........34 4. Historical Guidance: Crafting Article IV, Section 6 .... 35 5. Integrated Construction of Article IV, Giving Each Section Full Effect .... .................... 36 6. The Importance of Article IV, Section 1(a) as a Self- Executing Provision .................. .....42 7. No Absurd Result .........................43 8. The People's Intent........................44 VI. CONSEQUENCES OF THE WHILEY DECISION .. ..................47 A. Executive Order 11-211........................48 B. The Inefficacy of Proceeding in Quo Warranto..................48 1 MILLER (Do NOT DELEITE) 1/16/2019 11:09 AM