Sanford is promptly suing the state's general assembly, stating overriding his veto is unconstitutional.
Gov. Mark Sanford is taking the General Assembly to court after lawmakers required him to accept $350 million in disputed federal money by overriding his budget vetoes.Sanford quickly announced the federal suit after the Senate voted 34-11 on a state budget that forces him to accept the money.
“We know a suit will be filed against us on this issue, and as such we’ve filed a suit tonight in response,” Sanford said in a prepared statement. “We believe the Legislature’s end-around move won’t pass constitutional muster.”This is a guy that would rather sue his own legislature than accept money to help his constituents with an 11.5% unemployment rate.
Asshole. Prime.
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Now, I don't know SC's constitution, but isn't the ability of the legislature to override a veto supposed to be one of the checks on executive power?
Either way, his crying and stamping of feet was annoying... when he was three. Now it's just sad. Maybe we should call the nation's capitols city-wide daycares?
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