Williams Ex Rel. Senate v. Morris

In this action brought under this Court’s original jurisdiction, Petitioner Senator Marshall B. Williams, President Pro Tempore of the Senate (the Senator), acting on behalf of the South Carolina Senate (the Senate), asks this Court to declare that because the General Assembly’s sine die adjournment prevented return of the 1995-96 General Appropriations Act (the act) within five days, Governor David M. Beasley (the Governor) lacks the power to exercise his line-item veto until the General Assembly reconvenes. Accordingly, the Petitioner seeks a ruling that the Governor’s line-item vetoes of…