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		<title>Opinion: ‘Seeking might over right destroys representative government’</title>
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		<title>Opinion: Power to the people, via the legislative branch</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><img width="300" height="160" src="https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Large_Clark-County-Today-nsplsh_377265685444496652386fmv2_d_5757_3843_s_4_2_1-300x160.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Chris Cargill of the Mountain States Policy Center suggests we remember there’s a reason the people, via the legislative branch, come first in our founding documents." decoding="async" srcset="https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Large_Clark-County-Today-nsplsh_377265685444496652386fmv2_d_5757_3843_s_4_2_1-300x160.jpg 300w, https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Large_Clark-County-Today-nsplsh_377265685444496652386fmv2_d_5757_3843_s_4_2_1-150x80.jpg 150w, https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Large_Clark-County-Today-nsplsh_377265685444496652386fmv2_d_5757_3843_s_4_2_1.jpg 720w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></p>Chris Cargill of the Mountain States Policy Center suggests we remember there’s a reason the people, via the legislative branch, come first in our founding documents.]]></description>
		
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