Why Pawlenty's Cuts Were Unconstitutional - MN Supreme Court
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Channel: The Uptake by Bridgemakers · 2010 · News & Politics
The plaintiffs argue that the Governors duty is to faithfully execute the law that the legislature passes, and by picking and choosing which programs to fund or not he is able to engage in lawmaking with respect to spending levels and spending priorities. This means that the Governor is essentially making laws by choosing to not execute them by unalloting their funding under the Unallotment Statute.
