====== N.D. Const. art. V, § 7 — Research ======

**Powers of governor.** Text of the section: [[.:start|current and prior versions]].

Every citing reference in the corpus: **4** court opinions and **10** Attorney General opinions. Counts include the section's pre-1981 designation (§ 77), era-gated by the renumbering crosswalk.

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===== Cases by topic =====

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== Lieutenant governor as president of the senate ==

  * N.D. Att'y Gen.: [[https://attorneygeneral.nd.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/2004-L-61.pdf|N.D. Op. Att'y Gen. 2004-L-61 (2004)]]
  * N.D. Att'y Gen.: [[https://attorneygeneral.nd.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/100187-Meier_0.pdf|N.D. Op. Att'y Gen. (Oct. 1, 1987) (to Meier)]]
  * State ex rel. Sanstead v. Freed, [[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/2229506/state-ex-rel-sanstead-v-freed/|1977 ND 15]] (1977, Paulson, J.)
  * N.D. Att'y Gen.: [[https://attorneygeneral.nd.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/75-18.pdf|N.D. Op. Att'y Gen. 75-18 (1975)]]
  * N.D. Att'y Gen.: [[https://attorneygeneral.nd.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/49-105.pdf|N.D. Op. Att'y Gen. 49-105 (1949)]]
  * N.D. Att'y Gen.: [[https://attorneygeneral.nd.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/45-180.pdf|N.D. Op. Att'y Gen. 45-180 (1945)]]

== Appointments, succession, and the acting governor ==

  * N.D. Att'y Gen.: [[https://attorneygeneral.nd.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/01-l-49.pdf|N.D. Op. Att'y Gen. 2001-L-49 (2001)]]
  * N.D. Att'y Gen.: [[https://attorneygeneral.nd.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/032587-Sinner_0.pdf|N.D. Op. Att'y Gen. (Mar. 25, 1987)]]
  * State ex rel. Vogel v. Garaas, [[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1983777/state-ex-rel-vogel-v-garaas/|1978 ND 10]] (1978, Paulson, J.)
  * N.D. Att'y Gen.: [[https://attorneygeneral.nd.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/69-350.pdf|N.D. Op. Att'y Gen. 69-350 (1969)]]

== Budget authority and legislative sessions ==

  * N.D. Att'y Gen.: [[https://attorneygeneral.nd.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/2009-L-08.pdf|N.D. Op. Att'y Gen. 2009-L-08 (2009)]]
  * N.D. Att'y Gen.: [[https://attorneygeneral.nd.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/01-l-15.pdf|N.D. Op. Att'y Gen. 2001-L-15 (2001)]]
  * State ex rel. Link v. Olson, [[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/2018781/state-ex-rel-link-v-olson/|1979 ND 147]] (1979, Pederson, J.)

== Pardon and clemency power ==

  * Garcia v. State, [[https://www.ndcourts.gov/supreme-court/opinions/119983|2019 ND 103]] (2019, Jensen, J.)

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