Barnes v. Secretary of Administration

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• allowing organizations committed to assisting homeless to challenge refusal to release funds appropriated by the Legislature
• where constitutional amendment clearly authorized Governor’s use of line item veto power, there is no inquiry into motives for his action
• “We have never inquired into a Governor’s motives in the use of the line item veto power. The language of the constitutional amendment clearly authorizes the Governor’s reduction; his action was wholly lawful, and our inquiry ends there.”
• “it is for the Legislature . . . to determine finally which social objectives or programs are worthy of pursuit, the Governor may properly use his veto power to accomplish legislative-type goals”
• “it is for the Legislature . . . to determine finally which social objectives or programs are worthy of pursuit, the Governor may properly use his veto power to accomplish legislative-type goals”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).