Commonwealth Ex Rel. Cowan v. Wilkinson

Respectfully, I dissent.

“... I, Wallace G. Wilkinson, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, hereby appoint myself, Wallace G. Wilkinson, 2723 Martinique Lane, Lexington, Kentucky 40505, as a member of the University of Kentucky Board of Trustees ..., for a term expiring June 30, 1997.” Executive Order 91-1215, Dec. 2, 1991.

We are confronted with a question of great public importance and constitutional magnitude, involving the foundations of power: is the power to appoint oneself inherent in the power of a public official to appoint, or must such power first be expressed or reasonably…