'* no “session” lasted much beyond a minute or two in length; and ‘* no State business has been on the agenda since the Race to the Top legislation passed in regular session on May 28, “Ttis plainly obvious from the facts here that these so-called ‘sessions’ are a charade designed to nullify the Governor's authority under the Constitution. The Legislature wishes to arrogate for itself the right simply to disregard future gubematorial calls for extraordinary session by deliberately claiming to continue a prior extraordinary session,” Peter J. Kiernan, Counsel to the Governor, said. “This contortion of the Governor's long-recognized constitutional authority lacks 4 basis in law and must be recognized for what it truly is ~a political maneuver to frustrate the Governor's efforts in convening the Legislature to address politically unpopular, yet critically important issues of public policy. The Constitution does not permit the Legislature to usurp gubernatorial authority in this manner.” a