Governor Perry’s Veto: What About the Texas Constitution?
Posted By Cliff Tuttle | August 18, 2014
No. 1,096
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
Category: Constitutional Law