MONTPELIER, Vt. (WCAX) – Two Democratic lawmakers are suing Governor Phil Scott over the appointment of Zoie Saunders as interim education secretary.
The governor made the appointment this spring despite the Senate’s 19 to 9 vote against her nomination to education secretary.
Vermont Digger reports that a lawsuit was filed Thursday by Senators Tanya Vyhovsky, D-Chittenden County, and Dick McCormack, D-Windsor County.
They allege the governor “purposefully circumvented” the Senate’s authority to confirm or deny cabinet appointments as enshrined in the Vermont Constitution.
Reporter Calvin Cutler will have more on the story tonight on the Channel 3 News starting at 4.