DFL mismanagement running amok

Sunday night's end-of-session final hour 'featured' the biggest fiasco seen in Minnesota history. That includes Margaret Anderson-Kelliher's deer-in-the-headlights moment in the final minutes of the 2007 House session. That's a moment that'll live in infamy.

The lowlight of last night's session happened when the DFL passed a 2,860-page omnibus bill at the last minute that contained these bills in the omnibus bill:

• HF 5242 (Transportation, Housing, Labor)
• HF 4247 (Scope of Practice)
• HF 4024 (Higher Education)
• HF 2609 (Straw purchase/binary trigger ban)
• SF 4942 (Agriculture/Energy)
• SF 5335 (DHS)
• SF 4699 (HHS)
• Paid family leave, HF 5363, 4th engrossment
• Tax Bill

If the Minnesota Supreme Court doesn't strike that bill down per curiam, then Minnesota's single subject law is utterly worthless. That 'bill' was created by the DFL's utter mismanagement. Senate President Bobby Joe Champion mismanaged the Senate's time on both the final Saturday and final Sunday. Then, when it became apparent that the DFL was running far behind, they shoved all these bills (on different subjects) into this omnibus bill hoping that nobody would object. I don't know who has standing to file this suit but it's essential that someone files suit that this omnibus bill violates Minnesota's single subject law.

UPDATE: The DFL apparently thinks that We The People shouldn't have a voice in our bills. Check this out:

The MN Supreme Court has ruled that a bill does not violate the "single subject" requirement under the Minnesota Constitution as long as the provision is listed in the title of the bill.
Here's the "title" of the 1431 page tax omnibus bill. (Yes, it's 2 pages) #mnleg pic.twitter.com/76y8SqCGgu

— Rob Doar (@robdoar) May 20, 2024

This is disgusting:

The MN Supreme Court has ruled that a bill does not violate the "single subject" requirement under the Minnesota Constitution as long as the provision is listed in the title of the bill. Here's the "title" of the 1431 page tax omnibus bill. (Yes, it's 2 pages)

Remember these Supreme Court justices the next time you vote. Each of them is appointed by a DFL governor. Each can be removed by the people. When justices become political operatives, that's what tyranny looks like.

A bill that includes the omnibus bills for HHS, DHS, the Tax Bill, Agriculture/Energy, Paid Family Medical Leave Act, Gun control and Higher Ed isn't a single subject bill.

It's just the DFL operatives in black robes cleaning up the messes left by Senate Majority Leader Erin Murphy and Speaker of the House Melissa Hortman. These aren't justices. They're political hacks in black robes. The good news is that the ERA didn't get passed Sunday night. Walter Hudson summarized things perfectly in this video:

This Alpha News article highlights the shenanigans that the DFL tried playing Sunday night:

If approved by voters, the following text would have been placed in the Constitution of the State of Minnesota:

"All persons shall be guaranteed equal rights under the laws of this state. The state shall not discriminate against any person in intent or effect on account of one or more of the following: (a) race; (b) color; (c) national origin; (d) ancestry; (e) disability; or (f) sex, including but not limited to: (i) making and effectuating decisions about all matters relating to one’s own pregnancy or decision whether to become or remain pregnant; (ii) gender identity or gender expression; or (iii) sexual orientation."

This is the "text of the question voters would have been asked to vote on in 2026:

"Shall the Minnesota Constitution be amended to say that all persons shall be guaranteed equal rights under the laws of this state, and shall not be discriminated against on account of race, color, national origin, ancestry, disability, or sex, including pregnancy, gender, and sexual orientation?"

That's a quite different question than what the text would say that's inserted into Minnesota's Constitution.