The Idaho Supreme Court on Monday limited the issues that the state can address in its upcoming arguments over Gov. Butch Otter’s disputed veto of legislation to repeal the state’s 6 percent sales tax on groceries, saying only the veto – not the constitutionality of the bill – will be argued.

The court has set oral arguments for June 15 in the case, in which 30 lawmakers are suing, contending that the governor missed a deadline for the veto so the sales tax on groceries should end.

When Otter filed arguments in the case, he brought up an additional issue: Whether the bill was even constitutional in the first place. That’s because the Idaho Constitution requires tax bills to originate in the House of Representatives/Betsy Russell, Eye on Boise. More here.