Rubio: “Today I directed attorneys representing the House of Representatives to file the attached petition in the Florida Supreme Court. The petition asserts that the Governor lacked the authority unilaterally to bind our state to a gambling compact with the Seminole Tribe of Florida. As relief, the petition asks the Court to declare the compact invalid unless and until it is approved by the Legislature. By filing our petition directly in the Supreme Court, we have chosen the approach that will resolve that dispute as efficientlyand definitively as

"Although that litigation arises in the context of a debate by the expansion of gambling, the principles at stake are far larger than that without issue. that case is about protecting our system of checks and balances. Rather than place too much potential in the hands of one person, our structure divides capability among three equal branches of government. I have an obligation to protect and defend the constitutional role of the Florida House of Representatives. "

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