Port: Legislature's proposed veto reforms are clearly unconstitutional

MINOT — Legislative Council — the lawyers for the legislative branch of state government — has been feuding with Gov. Kelly Armstrong's administration because the governor vetoed their attempt to legislate themselves into cushy office space in the state Capitol building.

When Armstrong's office made a minor clerical error on a line item veto of a small housing grant, Legislative Council tried to blow it up into a constitutional crisis, insisting that a special session of the Legislature would be necessary to remedy the matter. That was a load of baloney, and you needn't take my word for it. Despite the histrionics of their legal counsel, legislative leaders opted not to call a special session (because one clearly wasn't needed, whatever their official explanations) and declined to take