Governor Perry’s Veto: What About the Texas Constitution?

Posted By Cliff Tuttle | August 18, 2014

No. 1,096

Governor Rick Perry

Without doing any research, I’d be willing to bet a month of lunches that Governor Rick Perry’s budget veto is an unconstitutional Act. Variations on this theme have been tried before, including in Pennsylvania.

And I would double down that bet by predicting that the grand jury indictments against the Governor are unconstitutional as well, and perhaps there is immunity from such prosecution of a sitting governor.

But, then again, we’re talking Texas.  Not someplace civilized, like Pennsylvania.

CLT

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