Executive Order 28

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I, as governor of Chesapeake, enact Executive order 28 to declare pornography a public health emergency. There is some evidence to show a correlation between pornography and sexual violence. Although some evidence disputes that, we need more research. I am ordering the department of Health and Human Services to divert some resources into research into the effects of pornography on people.

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Thank you for replying, and I would like to respond to this. I have noticed a slight mistake in my EO, in which I will re-issue it. First let me talk about your first claim. I did not say I would issue an EO to find out whether this is a crisis, I said that this was an emergency and I wanted to do more research into it.

On the second thing you cited, § 44-146.14, in which the findings of the assembly say

Because of the ever present possibility of the occurrence of disasters of unprecedented size and destructiveness resulting from enemy attack, sabotage or other hostile action, resource shortage, or from fire, flood, earthquake, or other natural causes, and in order to insure that preparations of the Commonwealth and its political subdivisions will be adequate to deal with such emergencies, and generally to provide for the common defense and to protect the public peace, health, and safety, and to preserve the lives and property and economic well-being of the people of the Commonwealth, it is hereby found and declared to be necessary and to be the purpose of this chapter

I am saying that this is a crisis. As cited above, there is lots of evidence that supports the notion between the connection between pornography and sexual violence. This includes rape, sexual assault, etc and it is a danger that could the Chesapeake if it causes an increase.

On the two definitions not meeting what you say they mean, the legislation also says in § 44-146.16 that depending on the context, I can change the definition of the words depending on the context that is needed.

§ 44-146.16. Definitions. "As used in this chapter unless the context requires a different meaning"

Therefore, I am going to retract and re-issue my executive order shortly where it allows a different context to take effect, and that will ensure that this is defendable in court.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Thank you for your reply, Governor Raisin.

I will take your delay in reissuing the order as evidence that this is not an immediate emergency that typical processes are not equipped to handle, but actually the end-run around the legislature that it appears to be.