The Times-Picayune
2/16/2011
A Baton Rouge district court has ordered a temporary halt to the study of whether to merge the University of New Orleans and Southern University at New Orleans after a former state senator challenged the constitutionality of Gov. Bobby Jindal's appointments to the Board of Regents.
The temporary restraining order issued Monday by the 19th Judicial District Court prevents the Regents from doing any work on the study until a preliminary hearing can be held Feb. 24. The matter has been assigned to Judge Timothy Kelley.
A suit filed by former state Sen. Cleo Fields, D-Baton Rouge, and former state Rep. Willie Hunter, D-Monroe, charges that the racial membership of the Regents violates a state constitutional requirement that the board's makeup "should be representative of the state's population by race and gender to ensure diversity."
None of the governor's 15 appointees to the higher education policymaking board are racial minorities, and only four are women. Louisiana's population is 37 percent minority and 51.6 percent female.
http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2011/02/court_orders_halt_to_suno-uno.html
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