Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that authorizes the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate to intervene in certain court cases.

Highlights:

• Authorizes the Speaker of the House of Representatives or the President of the Senate to intervene in a judicial proceeding in which the constitutionality of a Kentucky statute or constitutional provision is challenged, if the Governor or Attorney General performs any of the following actions (Sec. 1):
• Decline to defend a statute or constitutional provision;
• Decline to present as affirmative defense interests in the law that the General Assembly relied upon when voting to enact the statute or constitutional provision; or
• Defend a statute or constitutional provision in a manner deemed inadequate by the Speaker of the House of Representatives or the President of the Senate.

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