The state of Wyoming says Secretary of State Max Maxfield has no legal basis to file a lawsuit over term limits for state elected officials.
In a recent filing with the state Supreme Court, Wyoming Attorney General Greg Phillips argued that because Maxfield has not said whether he will seek a third term he hasn't been harmed by the term limit law.
The Wyoming Supreme Court has agreed to decide Secretary of State Max Maxfield's lawsuit challenging term limits for statewide elected officials. Chief Justice Marilyn S. Kite on Tuesday signed a notice that the court will decide whether the state law setting term limits for statewide elected officials is constitutional and enforceable. District Judge Thomas C. Campbell of Cheyenne earlier asked the high court to resolve the question. Maxfield is now in his second four-year term as secretary of
A lawyer for Wyoming Secretary of State Max Maxfield says he expects to ask the state Supreme Court to decide the constitutionality of a state law setting term limits for statewide elected officials.
District Judge Thomas Campbell of Cheyenne heard arguments Tuesday from lawyers representing Maxfield and the Wyoming Attorney General's Office.
