Friday, October 31st, Governor Laura Kelly filed a lawsuit against Attorney General Kris Kobach in the Kansas Supreme Court to protect the state of Kansas and the constitutional powers of the office of the governor. She says the lawsuit is necessary due to Kobach’s failure to defend Kansans against the Trump Administration’s unlawful federal overreach, despite repeated requests from Governor Kelly to do so. Kelly says time and again, Attorney General Kobach’s blatant partisanship is on display, harming and embarrassing Kansas. She states that if the Attorney General refuses to stand up for Kansas, at least Kansans can rest assured knowing that I will.
The suit Kelly filed also asks the court to prevent Kobach from intruding on the Governor’s ‘Supreme Executive’ Power as the head of the executive branch so she can continue to defend Kansans without interference from the attorney general. Kobach responded by saying that she’s wasting the court’s time. If she wants to run for the office of attorney general, she is welcome to, but, she’ll need to go to law school first.
