The Ohio General Assembly and Gov. Mike DeWine have united educators in anger over the attempt to take over the State Teachers Retirement System. It’s a preview of the disgust ahead when taxpayers get asked to put more money in the state pensions.

Ohio’s budget that took effect in July included a last-minute insertion to cut active and retired teachers from seven of 11 seats on the pension board to three.

The Ohio Education Association, Ohio Federation of Teachers, and the Ohio Conference of the American Association of University Professors have combined to sue for reversal.

Judge Andy Miller of Franklin County Common Pleas Court issued a temporary restraining order blocking the takeover while he considers the teachers’ claim that the state takeover is unconstitutional because it was do

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