The Minnesota Supreme Court has sided with Democrats in an ongoing power struggle with Republicans. The justices, in a written ruling released Friday afternoon, agreed with House Democratic leaders and Secretary of State Steve Simon who argued that a quorum in the House was 68 members under the state constitution,

The Minnesota Supreme Court has sided with Democrats in a power struggle with Republicans over control of the state House of Representatives.

Under state law, the House must have 68 members present — a majority of the total 134 seats, the justices wrote.