Supreme Court considers whether Inslee's veto went too far
OLYMPIA — State Supreme Court justices wrestled Tuesday with whether Gov. Jay Inslee crossed a constitutional line in 2019 when he vetoed single sentences in the transportation budget.
Lawmakers sued the governor, contending he exceeded his authority and trespassed onto their legislating turf in excising a sentence pertaining to grant funding for transit services.
A year ago, a Thurston County judge invalidated the vetoes, concluding those actions exceeded the veto powers accorded Inslee as the state’s chief executive.
On Tuesday, Alicia Young, a deputy solicitor general representing Inslee, argued that the move, while unusual, was a legal and necessary response to legislators’ improper “manipulation” of the budgeting process. Those lines made substantive changes in law that would not otherwise pass as stand-alone legislation, which is not allowed under the state constitution, she said.
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