House and Senate Democrats are continuing to battle to intervene in a legal challenge to part of the state constitution that has kept the Legislature from asking Congress to call for a convention of states.
Last month, a federal magistrate judge denied a request from the Democrats, who questioned whether Senate President Ty Masterson and House Speaker Dan Hawkins — the named defendants — would sufficiently defend their interests.
But the Democrats, including Senate Minority Leader Dinah Sykes, have lodged an SSJ