Can I ask a stupid question?
How does a federal judge have jurisdiction, over the budget and spending of the state of Ohio? How does the judge have any controlling legal authority, to oversee the spending, based on a law duly passed by the state legislature and signed by their governor???
What does "temporarily suspending" mean? For a set period of time? For results from another trial? How long is temporary?
The implications are mind-boggling. We pay the taxes and even if we have an elected conservative legislature, it doesn't matter. Because of actions by Kasich and the Judiciary, it is, quite simply, TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION
If the action has federal constitutional implications and a suit is filed in federal court claiming such, then the judge has jurisdiction.
(Mind you, I'm not saying abortion is anywhere in the Constitution of Bill of Rights, but we're stuck with that precedent for now).
From what I could gather, some pro-abortion group or lawyers convinced a judge that the purpose of the defunding was to restrict abortions (beyond whatever law Ohio has). And it seems the judge was open to reaching far across the lines of his actual authority.
This seems to be the new norm in the USA, that judges are deciding that people have RIGHTS to things that must be funded by the taxpayers, whether they like it or not. Seems to be an overreach, IMHO.
“How does a federal judge have jurisdiction, over the budget and spending of the state of Ohio? How does the judge have any controlling legal authority, to oversee the spending, based on a law duly passed by the state legislature and signed by their governor???”
I was just wondering the same things.
You have posed that question a lot more politely than this Ohio taxpayer was about to. Who the **** does this SOB think he is? He should be ignored.