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Related: About this forumThis is such a good article about the Failed Republican Model
I wanted to bring it to the group. This is what we need to start talking about as the election comes near. I live in Missouri and so what has happened in Kansas is very close and it's damning. Enjoy the read.
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/03/gop-must-answer-for-what-it-did-to-kansas.html
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This is such a good article about the Failed Republican Model (Original Post)
Loki
Mar 2016
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Add this: Frustrated Kansas GOP lawmakers weigh move to impeach top judges
Agnosticsherbet
Mar 2016
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Agnosticsherbet
(11,619 posts)1. Add this: Frustrated Kansas GOP lawmakers weigh move to impeach top judges
Frustrated Kansas GOP lawmakers weigh move to impeach top judges
Republican lawmakers in Kansas, weary of conflicts with a judiciary that has been pushing for more school spending, are beginning to act on a measure to expand the legal grounds for impeaching judges.
The move is part of an intensified effort in red states to reshape courts still dominated by moderate judges from earlier administrations.
Sen. Mitch Holmes
Sen. Mitch Holmes
A committee in the GOP-controlled Senate plans to vote Tuesday on a bill that would make attempting to usurp the power of the Legislature or the executive branch grounds for impeachment.
Impeachment has been a little-used tool to challenge judges who strike down new legislation, said Republican Sen. Dennis Pyle, a sponsor of the measure. Maybe it needs to be oiled up a little bit or sharpened a little bit.
Republican lawmakers in Kansas, weary of conflicts with a judiciary that has been pushing for more school spending, are beginning to act on a measure to expand the legal grounds for impeaching judges.
The move is part of an intensified effort in red states to reshape courts still dominated by moderate judges from earlier administrations.
Sen. Mitch Holmes
Sen. Mitch Holmes
A committee in the GOP-controlled Senate plans to vote Tuesday on a bill that would make attempting to usurp the power of the Legislature or the executive branch grounds for impeachment.
Impeachment has been a little-used tool to challenge judges who strike down new legislation, said Republican Sen. Dennis Pyle, a sponsor of the measure. Maybe it needs to be oiled up a little bit or sharpened a little bit.
Kansas has become a totalitarian State.
Fortunately, John Bel Edwards, is a vast improvement on Jindal.
Loki
(3,825 posts)2. What has surprised me is that this little
factoid that a Democrat won the Governorship of Louisiana just disappeared off the radar. I thought it was a bellweather moment in the deep red south.
Agnosticsherbet
(11,619 posts)3. I think it has been forgotten, becasue he is a centrist...
He is trying to repair the Jindalation of Louisiana, but it isn't easy.