The Alaska Supreme Court is considering a case that could determine the timing of Alaska’s annual state budget and in the process redefine the limits of the executive branch’s ability to sue the legislative branch. (via AlaskaBeacon)
This screenshot from Gavel Alaska shows Senior Assistant Attorney General Margaret Paton-Walsh speaking in front of the Alaska Supreme Court on Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022, in Anchorage.
On Wednesday, justices of the high court heard 90 minutes of oral arguments in a case brought by Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor against the Legislative Affairs Agency, the administrative wing of the Alaska Legislature. “The AG’s complaint in this case,” said Senior Assistant Attorney General Margaret Paton-Walsh, “does not target an act of the Legislature, much less one that is purely and quintessentially legislative.”
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