North Dakota's Watchdog Update

North Dakota's Watchdog Update

Share this post

North Dakota's Watchdog Update
North Dakota's Watchdog Update
Single-Subject And The Supreme Court

Single-Subject And The Supreme Court

This weeks' North Dakota Supreme Court decision that the OMB Budget violated "single-subject" outlines the danger of enacting rules that are not clearly defined: judges will do the defining.

Dustin Gawrylow's avatar
Dustin Gawrylow
Sep 30, 2023
∙ Paid
3

Share this post

North Dakota's Watchdog Update
North Dakota's Watchdog Update
Single-Subject And The Supreme Court
Share

North Dakota legislators got a lesson in “be careful what you wish for” this week when the North Dakota Supreme Court invalidated Senate Bill 2015 - the budget for the Office of Management and Budget - on the basis that it violated what is called “the one-subject rule”.

Some background: at the end of every legislative session, when there is a desire to…

Keep reading with a 7-day free trial

Subscribe to North Dakota's Watchdog Update to keep reading this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives.

Already a paid subscriber? Sign in
© 2025 North Dakota Watchdog Network
Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start writingGet the app
Substack is the home for great culture

Share