New Hampshire high court advises legislature it cannot force AG to join health care lawsuit

[JURIST] The New Hampshire Supreme Court [official website] ruled in an advisory opinion [text, PDF] on Wednesday that the legislature cannot force Attorney General Michael Delaney [official website] to join a lawsuit contesting the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) [text; JURIST news archive]. The New Hampshire Senate [official website] asked for the opinion in reaction to HB 89 [text], a bill passed by the New Hampshire House of Representatives [official website], which would require Delaney to join "as…