Legal Opinion
Rants v. Vilsack
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided June 16, 2004No. 03-1948PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CADY, Justice.
In this appeal, we consider whether Governor Thomas J. Vilsack (Governor) properly exercised the item veto power granted Iowa’s governor by the Iowa Constitution when he vetoed several sections of an economic development bill passed by the general assembly (Legislature). After carefully scrutinizing the Governor’s exercise of the item veto power in this case, we determine that his power was impermissi-bly exercised because the Governor attempted to veto items that were not part of an appropriation bill and thus were not subject to his item veto power. As a result of the…
2Cases cited34 opinions
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- Colorado General Assembly v. LammSupreme Court of Colorado · 1985
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