Port: Legislature's proposed veto reforms are clearly unconstitutional

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…