Legislators upset that a bill they oppose becoming a law don’t have a right to sue over it, said attorneys defending the special-session measure that provides state support to professional sports stadiums.

“It’s not recognized in the state of Missouri that a legislator can come to the court simply because they don’t like a vote that was taken … the court system would be flooded,” Marc Ellinger, an attorney representing the Missouri General Assembly, argued in Cole County Circuit Court Tuesday. ×

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