Harris Gilbert, Robert Willis, Helen Ackermann, James O. Wyatt, Valerie Haynes, Gordon Manzer, Patrick Ragosta…

Summary

The Supreme Court of New Jersey affirmed the trial court's dismissal, holding that the timing of legislative presentment to the Governor is a nonjusticiable political question committed to the Legislature. The Court reasoned that the Constitution gives the Legislature discretion over presentment timing and that no judicially manageable standards exist. A dissent argued that the practice of gubernatorial courtesy should be subject to judicial review as an unreasonable delay violates the Constitution.