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A state court in Montana has rebuked Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte for an illegal tactic to block the legislature from overriding his veto. “Judge Mike Menahan’s ruling on March 5 does not guarantee that lawmakers will be able to override Gianforte’s veto of Senate Bill 442, legislation that allocated tax revenues from marijuana sales to conservation, veterans and county infrastructure programs,” wrote Arren Kimbel-Sannit for the Montana Free Press. “But it does start a 14-day clock for the governor and the Montana secretary of state to initiate a vote to override the veto, appeal the distric…

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