Editorial Taxpayers to pay for unneeded leadership showdown It's become a legal battle over a legal battle, and Indiana taxpayers will be on the hook for it. Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb is sparring with GOP colleagues in the General Assembly over a misguided bill enabling lawmakers to call themselves in for emergency legislative sessions. Battle No. 1: Holcomb and experts including former Indiana Supreme Court Justice Frank Sullivan have said the bill is unconstitutional, and the state grants only the governor the power to call lawmakers back. Lawmakers were upset they weren't consulted on emergency provisions enacted by Holcomb during a once-in-a-lifetime pandemic. Those decisions had to be made quickly, but the legislators argue they should have more say in the process.