Jim Wayne in His Official Capacity as State Representative v. Commonwealth of Kentucky Office of the Governor Matthew Bevin in His Official Capacity as Governor

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

JUSTICE NOBLE

This case presents two questions. First, does the Attorney General or an. individual member of the General Assembly have *359standing to challenge the Governor’s actions as violating a statute or the constitution? The Court concludes that the Attorney General has standing but that the individual legislators in this case do not. Second, may the Governor reduce the amount of money made available to a state university under a legislative appropriation whether by revising the university’s allotment under KRS § 48.620(1), by withholding the allotment to the extent…