Whaaaat?

Kentucky can’t join a U.S. lawsuit claiming Education Management Corp., the nation’s second-largest for-profit college chain, used improper recruitment practices to secure more than $11 billion in student aid, a judge said.

Kentucky filed in August to intervene in the case in federal court in Pittsburgh after the Justice Department and four states filed a 16-count complaint alleging the company violated rules for colleges that get U.S. student grants and loans. Kentucky sought to file a three-count complaint alleging among its claims violation of the state’s consumer protection law. U.S. District Judge Terrence McVerry denied the request.

“This case is already over four years old and the addition of ‘consumer protection’ claims would cause further delay and prejudice to the existing parties,” McVerry said today in a written opinion.

And:

Allison Gardner Martin, a spokeswoman for Conway, had no immediate comment on the ruling.

Allison had no comment? Surely not! (We thought this wasn’t a campaign stunt?)

Look for someone in the State House to push legislation that’s the equivalent of the federal false claims act in 3, 2…