The state Supreme Court has ruled that legislative leaders can challenge a voter-approved law requiring political groups to identify certain donors.
The state’s high court did not rule on the validity of the legal challenge from Speaker of the House Steve Montenegro and Senate President Warren Petersen.
But the majority of justices ruled they have standing to sue because they showed the Legislature may lose lawmaking capability.
Prop. 211 lets the Citizens Clean Elections Commission enforce provisions in the law, namely that organizations spending more than $50,000 on a statewide race must disclose the names of those who contributed more than $5,000 dollars.
In a dissenting opinion, Chief Justice Ann Scott Timmer said leaders did not show that the commission would usurp any legislative function.
The ruling sends the case back to a trial judge.
The law remains in effect.
