"On Monday evening, Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares filed an appeal to lift the temporary suspension of eight gubernatorial appointments from serving on three governing boards at Virginia’s higher education institutions.

On July 29, Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge Jonathan D. Frieden ruled in favor of nine Democratic senators who filed the lawsuit after the appointees continued serving without being confirmed by the General Assembly. Frieden opined that the Senate committee on Privileges and Elections’ rejection of the appointees served as a signal that the legislature wasn’t willing to confirm the new additions to the boards.

The senators consider George Mason University Rector Charles Stimson, University of Virginia Rector Rachel Sheridan, and Virginia Military Institute Board of Visitors President James P. Inman, all of whom are named in the suit, as responsible for allowing the rejected appointments to serve on their respective boards.

Miyares said the temporary injunction granted by Reid is causing more problems than it solves for the courts and the institutional leaders," reports Virginia Mercury.

Photo: The Supreme Court of Virginia in Richmond (Photo by Parker Michels-Boyce for The Virginia Mercury)