BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (WOWO): A Monroe County judge has ruled a new Indiana law changing how members of the Indiana University Board of Trustees are selected is constitutional.
The decision comes after alumnus Justin Vasel challenged the law, arguing it unfairly removed the long-standing system that allowed IU alumni to directly elect some members of the board.
For more than a century, Indiana law required three IU trustees to be elected by university alumni. That changed last year when House Enrolled Act 1001 took effect, allowing the governor to appoint all nine members of the board…