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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana’s governor can go ahead with a lawsuit challenging the increased power state legislators gave themselves to intervene during public health emergencies, the state Supreme Court ruled
Attorney General Todd Rokita really does not want a judge to decide any time soon whether the General Assembly has the power to convene itself for up to 40 days during a statewide emergency without the governor's consent. The Republican, originally from Munster, asked the Indiana Supreme Court Monday to immediately overturn a Marion Superior Court ruling allowing the governor's lawsuit against the General Assembly, over the constitutionality of House Enrolled Act 1123, to proceed toward a decision â possibly by late September. Records show Rokita filed at the state's high court a request...
View Comments A Marion County judge has ruled that Gov. Eric Holcomb can proceed with his lawsuit challenging a bill from this year’s Indiana General Assembly that restricted the governor’s emergency powers. Judge Patrick Dietrick wrote in his order on Saturday that Holcomb is within his rights to hire private lawyers and dispute the bill in court. Lawyers with the Indiana Attorney General’s Office argued during a June hearing that only it can approve outside counsel for the governor, meaning Holcomb is bypassing its authority with this lawsuit. "The judge’s ruling in the gov...
A judge has scheduled oral arguments on the constitutionality of a new Indiana law permitting the General Assembly to convene during statewide emergencies without obtaining the governor's consent.
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