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By Andrew Hebert–
Last week, another legal action involving U of L’s Board of Trustees took place when Governor Matt Bevin filed an appeal on Circuit Court Judge Philip Shepherd’s injunction on Bevin’s appointed board. This legal jargon is a bit hard to understand, so let’s retrace our steps.
On June 17, Bevin issued an executive order to replace the entire board with a smaller, 10-person board. Then-president James Ramsey agreed to resign from his position, but only when and if a new board was appointed.