A Ramsey County Court today ruled that Gov. Dayton’s last-minute decision to eliminate funding for the legislature using his veto authority is unconstitutional. Sen. Michelle Benson (R-Ham Lake) released the following statement on the action.

“The court’s decision to overturn the governor’s plainly unconstitutional veto of the legislature’s funding was the right one. The governor’s veto was nothing less than an attack on the very foundation of our republic; anyone who has taken a high school civics class understands the citizens of Minnesota deserve three equal branches of government. The court’s decision today affirms that one branch cannot eliminate one of the other two.”