Hoosier joins governor in suing Indiana General Assembly

INDIANAPOLIS—While Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita filed a motion for the Marion County Superior Court to strike down Gov. Eric Holcomb’s lawsuit against the General Assembly Friday, a private Indiana citizen was filing his own lawsuit against the General Assembly.

That Hoosier, John Whitaker—a former Indianapolis attorney and special counsel to former Republican Governor Robert Orr—filed the suit in Marion County to stop the General Assembly’s “unconstitutional attempt” to grant itself the power to call itself into special sessions, which it has deemed “emergency sessions.”

House Enrolled Act 1123 passed into law after the legislature overrode the governor’s veto on the bill in early April. The law gives the General Assembly the power to call special sessions during emergencies, which is a power the Indiana Constitution only gives to the governor.

Holcomb filed a lawsuit against the General Assembly April 27, saying a central part of the law is unconstitutional and violates the separation of powers outlined in the state’s constitution.

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