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The Kentucky Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Gov. Matt Bevin exceeded his authority last spring in unilaterally ordering funding cuts to state universities.
"The governor's reduction of the allotments of the universities in this case exceeded his statutory authority." wrote Justice Mary C. Noble in a 50-page opinion.
"Whatever authority he (the governor) might otherwise have to require a budget unit not to spend appropriated funds does not extend to universities, which the legislature has made independent bodies politic with control over their own expenditures," Noble wrote.
The impact of the ruling is huge as it relates to the Republican governor's aggressive exercise of executive power.
The ruling is the first final decision by the Kentucky Supreme Court in many of the lawsuits challenging the legality of various Bevin executive orders through the spring and summer.
http://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/ky-governor/2016/09/22/high-court-rules-against-bevin-university-cuts-case/90747088/