Wednesday, August 02, 2006

Regents Lawsuit Can't Hold Water

Three rejected nominees to the Board of Regents at Murray State University have filed a stupid lawsuit against the Governor, claiming Fletcher must nominate one of them.

If they had only read KRS 12.070(3), they could have saved themselves the embarrassment. Here it is:

Where appointments to administrative boards and commissions are made from lists submitted to him, the Governor may reject the list and require that other lists be submitted.