Maine's highest court has ruled that Gov. Paul LePage missed his chance to veto dozens of bills, including several that he vehemently opposed.

Alanna Durkin of the Associated Press reports that the Maine Supreme Judicial Court sided Thursday with the leadership of the Maine House and Senate, who said LePage's failure to act on the 65 bills within 10 days meant that they had become law.

LePage had argued that the 10-day deadline didn't apply in this instance because lawmakers had adjourned at the end of June.

But in its unanimous advisory opinion, the court said that the Legislature's temporary adjournment didn't prevent the governor from returning vetoed bills to the Legislature, the AP story said.

Among the measures that the court says are law is one that would allow asylum seekers to qualify for general assistance benefits.

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