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For anyone who hasn't been following this trial closely, you're missing out . . . . a constant comedy of errors by Kobach, and just today, a hearing on whether the court should find Kobach in contempt:
"Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach could be facing a contempt order from a federal court after a judge on Tuesday tore into the Kansas Republican about repeatedly skirting her orders.
U.S. District Judge Julie Robinson chastised Kobach, a candidate for governor, at a contempt hearing for suggesting that her previous orders have left any room for ambiguity.
"I've had to police this over and over and over again, Robinson said with frustration during the hearing in Kansas City, Kan."
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"Robinson will rule in the near future whether to hold Kobach in contempt of court and will separately rule on the overall case, which will determine whether thousands can cast ballots this November when Kansas elects a new governor."
Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article206025749.html#storylink=cpy
diva77
(7,599 posts)from the OP:
"Instead of making that correction, Secretary Kobach simply took the manual down. He took his ball and went home," said Ho, the director of the ACLU's Voting Rights Project.
The judge told Kobach that she never instructed him to take down the manual, and she rejected his suggestion that changing the manual would be too complicated to accomplish quickly.
"That's ridiculous. It's a ridiculous process. ... An online publication can't be updated except for every seven years?" she said.
Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article206025749.html#storylink=cpy
stranger81
(2,345 posts)Though I don't know how much the NASS is in the pocket of any particular secretaries who may be its constituents at any given time.
diva77
(7,599 posts)ever asks for a statement from them
SonofDonald
(2,050 posts)For the position of governor of Kansas uses the judges final verdict and transcripts of the trial to inform any voters how ill suited kobach is for any job that is paid for with their taxes.
I think kobach needs to re-enter the private sector for employment, fast food establishments are always hiring........
stranger81
(2,345 posts)and Kobach's utter inability to competently try the case himself, for those who might be interested:
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/03/kris-kobach-is-a-loser.html
procon
(15,805 posts)Kobach has been wrapped securely within the GOP bubble where he gets to write all the rules and do whatever he wants without fear of so much as a question let alone judge demanding his total submission.
stranger81
(2,345 posts)Just the way he interacts with the court makes that pretty clear. You NEVER, EVER, EVER, interrupt a federal judge when they're speaking from the bench, and Kobach's been doing that consistently throughout the trial. He doesn't seem to get that he's not in charge of this particular game.
Gothmog
(143,654 posts)stranger81
(2,345 posts)while reading the trial recaps. The live coverage on Twitter has been a hoot. And a reminder that, if you're not really a trial lawyer, it's not in your client's best interest to try to impersonate one.
Gothmog
(143,654 posts)stranger81
(2,345 posts)Thanks for posting it.
God to have been a fly on the wall in that courtroom. I sure wish this trial had been live streamed.
Bantamfancier
(363 posts)Your building inspector and the presiding judge.
Dread Pirate Roberts
(1,896 posts)He would have done a better job than Kobach did.
Kobach Exposed at Trial
At trial, Kobach was only able to identify 18 noncitizens out of 1.8 million voters who have successfully registered to vote over a nearly 20-year period. Only five of them actually cast a ballot. Kobach was not able to show that these 18 instances constituted intentional cases of fraud, rather than mistakes stemming from clerical errors.
Regardless, Kobach claims that these numbers represent just the tip of the iceberg. In his crusade to find the rest of the non-existent mass, he seems willing to accept the more than 35,000 people who were actually blocked from registering to vote under his law as collateral damage.
https://www.aclu.org/blog/voting-rights/fighting-voter-suppression/kobach-exposed-trial
stranger81
(2,345 posts)"Kobach has often said that the evidence of fraud hes uncovered in Kansas is only the tip of the iceberg. In his closing argument, [ACLU Attorney Dale] Ho said, 'The iceberg, on close inspection, Your Honor, its more of an ice cube.'"
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/03/kris-kobach-just-got-humiliated-in-federal-court/