State ex rel. Cisneros v. Martinez

Summary

The New Mexico Supreme Court held that the Governor's partial veto of Section 8(A)(2) of the 2014 Appropriations Act eliminated the 3% judicial pay raise but left intact the 5% raise funded in Section 4(B), affirming the Legislature's authority to appropriate judicial salaries without explicit language and rejecting the Governor's claim that the veto violated separation of powers.