would have no difficulty recognizing the attempt as within the Governor’s authority as the State’s chief executive officer. If, on the other hand, his actions in fact conflict with or infringe upon what is the essence of legislative authority — the making of law — then the Governor has exceeded his authority. APPLICATION OF THE DOCTRINE OF SEPARATION OF POWERS TO THE COMPACT WITH POJOAQUE PUEBLO The Governor may not exercise power that as a matter of state constitutional law infringes on the power properly belonging to the legislature. We have no doubt that the compact with Pojoaque Pueblo does not execute existing New Mexico statutory or ease law, but that it is instead an attempt to create new law. Cf. Texas v. New Mexico, 462 U.S. 554, 564, 103 S.Ct. 2558, 2565, 77 L.Ed.2d 1 (1983) (<HOLDING>); West Virginia ex rel. Dyer v. Sims, 341 U.S.
holding that upon approval by congress a compact between states becomes federal law that binds the states holding that congress may condition states receipt of federal funds if it does so unambiguously enabling states to exercise their choice knowingly holding that a states law is materially different from california law if application of the other states law leads to a different result recognizing federal constitutional claim against the united states holding that congress did not authorize the states to enforce federal law where it gave states regulatory control through enforcement of their own laws