Posted on 12/30/2009 3:12:32 PM PST by LiveFreeOrDie2001
A Minnesota judge has ordered the state to reinstate money for a food program that Gov. Tim Pawlenty cut from the budget, saying he acted unconstitutionally.
Several people in the program for the poor sought an injunction to restore money while their court case proceeds
Ramsey County District Judge Kathleen Gearin granted their wish in an order on Wednesday. Her temporary restraining order keeps the money intact indefinitely.
The case stems from $2.7 billion in cuts the Republican governor announced this summer to balance the budget. He took the action using an executive power that allows the governor to trim spending on his own. He and the Democratic-controlled Legislature failed to agree on a budget.
An attorney for Pawlenty had argued that the state would have trouble paying its bills if the administration lost because others hit by cuts would see it as an invitation to file similar lawsuits.
Bump!!!!!!!!
Stop all paycheck payments to loony left Judge Kathleen Gearin.
Californicate II.
Budget cuts are “Unconstitutional”? Wow.
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Goodness gracious. Simple lesson: money does NOT grow on trees...RATS have a hard time with simple truth.
The state of judges in this country is utterly contemptible.
Stop all paycheck payments to loony left Judge Kathleen Gearin.
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Budget offsets - from her paycheck - in its entirety - into the foodstamp program.
Can the Governor move the funds from the Judiciary’s budget?
He should ignore the judge.
The new frontier of socialism. Pawlenty should go to the USSC. But he is also the governor who named the couple of liberal judges that decided against Coleman.
The state of judges in this country is utterly contemptible.
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Many of ‘em start as lawyers...need we say more (sorry to the good attorneys out there...but you are outnumbered.)
Some liberals you can spot a mile away by their condescending look. This judge is one of them.
Minnesota libtard politicians love to model their moonbattery after Kalifornia. Often whatever idiocy starts there (CARB, for example) eventually comes here.
Well, keep in mind, Minnesota DID (with the help of ACORN) elect Al Franken to the senate.
Unfortunately he cannot ignore the decision.
is she the same nut that let a felon out of jail to go vote “in this historic election” for Obama?
Okay! This is where we see if Pawlenty is for real, or just a weakling like Jeb Bush. This is where we see if Pawlenty has the guts to tell the judge to go play in the street, that the judicial branch is a coEQUAL branch of government, and NOT at the top of the food chain.
Is Pawlenty another gutless wonder?
We will see very shortly.
OH MAN what a picture - A Liberal with an attitude and an agenda!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It would be interesting to know the details of the case here. The judge is surely making her decision based on the Minnesota state constitution, and state constitutions can be tricky things. There may well be some arcane procedural clause that Pawlenty violated. Or, it could be that the judge is full of beans. Like I said, it would be interesting to know all the details.
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