From The Arizona Republic:

Gov. Jan Brewer is threatening to legally handcuff Attorney General Terry Goddard as they butt heads over who gets to call the shots for the state in a U.S. Supreme Court case involving a controversial state law on school funding.

The Democratic attorney general balked when the Republican governor directed him to file a legal brief with the U.S. Supreme Court to put the state on record in support of a 2006 state law on funding for programs for students learning English.

“If you continue to insist that you alone speak for the state of Arizona in litigation, then I will pursue legislation that will require you to act within the scope of your constitutional authority and to refrain from exercising powers not lawfully yours in future litigation involving the state,” Brewer told Goddard in a March 31 letter.

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