Communication Between the Branches Sometimes Lacking

The recent ruling of a VA judge striking down driving fees as unconstitutional since they only apply to VA residents and not all who use the VA roads is illustrative of the sometimes lack of communication between the legislative and judicial branches of government--even at the state level.

The law which was created in order to finance a transportation bill that the VA legislature had passed violated the equal protection clause of the US Constitution since it only applied to state residents and not all who used VA roads. The ruling is a clear indication of what the judge believes to be constitutional: a law which applies to everyone using VA roads--not only VA residents. It is a simple change in language which could have been quickly remedied while drawing up the bill instead of dragging the bill through a hefty legal process, wasting time and resources of government that could better be spent elsewhere.