Constitutional Kerfuffle, part II

Cheap Seats readers will likely recall that we've had a bit of a dust up over how proceeds from the Virginia Lottery are paid out to local governments. Senate Republicans say the practice of dumping the money into the General Fund after putting it into a lottery-specific fund for one day is unconstitutional.

Democrats in the chamber were less than sold on the argument, and said that the opinion of legislative staff attorneys should be taken with a grain of salt. Now, Republican Attorney General Bob McDonnell has weighed in, ruling that the current system is in fact unconstitutional.

Legislators have four days left to complete their work for the session.

Most people don't get excited about constitutional fights over procedures, but here in the Cheap Seats, we're popping popcorn and setting the TiVo. This should be fun.