Minnesota Lawyer
Eric Magnuson
Mark Cohen at PIM’s sister publication, Minnesota Lawyer, has written a legal analysis of today’s Supreme Court ruling that Gov. Tim Pawlenty overstepped his authority when he unallotted a $5.3 million low-income nutrition program last year.
Cohen notes that the 4-3 ruling, written for the majority by soon-to-retire Chief Justice Eric Magnuson, raises the idea that the unallotment statute itself (or portions of it) may be legitimate, and that the court chose to decide the case on statutory grounds rather than on constitutional grounds.
Read Cohen’s analysis here.
