Supreme Court of Rhode Island
In Re Matthew A. Brown
August 8, 20062006 R.I. LEXIS 143
Summary
The Rhode Island Supreme Court held that the repeal of G.L. 1956 § 17‑5‑2 eliminated the Governor’s authority to order the Secretary of State to place nonbinding referendum questions on the ballot, and it reversed the lower court’s finding of an inherent constitutional power for the Governor to do so. The decision affirmed the statutory holding, reversed the constitutional holding, and remanded the case.