House Rules Committee backs legal actions against Pawlenty unallotment
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The House Rules Committee today (Nov. 16) approved a resolution that will have House attorneys filing a “friend of the court” brief in support of legal actions against recent Pawlenty Administration state budget unallotments.
“Members of the Minnesota House feel strongly that we need to address the important issues raised by this case,” said House Majority Leader Tony Sertich, DFL-Chisholm.
“The plaintiffs are arguing that the governor did not follow the law when he (Pawlenty) resorted to unallotment in this instance. We believe it is important that the court understand we agree with that argument,” said Sertich in a press release.
House attorneys will file the legal brief as soon as possible.
Pawlenty in the past has expressed satisfaction that the administration stands on solid legal ground in its unallotment.
Anyone can file a lawsuit, he has said of legal challenges to the administration.
It will focus on separation of power between the branches of government.