Minnesota’s top court ruled that Republicans had overstepped their authority by conducting business in the Legislature even as Democrats boycotted the session.

Democrats in Minnesota’s state House staged a boycott on Tuesday, walking out and not showing up for the first day of the legislative session in defiance over how the chamber will be divided. When

Minnesota’s highest court heard oral arguments Thursday around a pair of cases challenging the legitimacy of legislative sessions involving only House Republicans, who have taken chamber control as De