Ninetieth Minnesota State Senate v. Dayton

ORDER

On May 25, 2017, the Ninetieth Minnesota State Senate and the Ninetieth Minnesota State House of Representatives each adjourned sine die, thus ending the special session that began on May 23,2017. On May 30, 2017, the Governor vetoed the line-item appropriation for the Legislature’s biennial budget. This case presents the issue of whether the Governor has the constitutional power to line-item veto the Legislature’s appropriations for itself.

The Governor’s line-item veto authority is conferred by Article IV, section 23 of the Minnesota Constitution, which allows the executive to veto “one…