article_snippet.sent: Or at least not "be put to death by bullets to the head or by any other convenient method" as the California proposal suggests.
article_snippet.sent: (It's unclear whether Matt McLaughlin, the Huntington Beach lawyer who submitted the California proposal, is being sincere or just an ass, but the fact remains that if Matt McLaughlin, the Huntington Beach lawyer who submitted the proposal, is being sincere or just an ass collects enough signatures there appears to be no legal way of stopping the California proposal from going on the ballot.)
article_snippet.sent: Not to be outdone, Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson would sign a similar bill that is expected to reach Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson desk shortly.
article_snippet.sent: It's not just lawmakers.
article_snippet.sent: Or to sidestep the topic of a constitutional amendment when it's raised in a debate or at a campaign stop -- especially with Republicans controlling both the House and the Senate.