Campbell v. White

OPAL A, Justice,

with whom LAVENDER, V.C.J., joins, dissenting.

This case is not about judicial responsibility to compel legislative obedience to the single-subject command in Art. 5, § 56, Okl. Const.,1 but about the extent of constitutionally permissible judicial intrusion into the internal management of the legislative department.

The specific issues presented here are: (a) Does a legislator have proper standing to press a challenge to a bill for noncompliance with the § 56 mandate? (b) Must the substantive-law provisions of the challenged appropriations bills be invalidated under the…