Kansas Republicans Proclaim 'No Kings' Against Guv Kelly

Two things . . . 

Tacitly, this bit of legal posturing admits that protests earlier in the year against Prez Trump actually hit home against many conservatories.  

However . . . 

Mocking up politico in royal regalia is always fun for TKC.

Now check a bit of the legal bickering . . .  

A Topeka attorney who prepared the brief submitted by the elected insurance commissioner, secretary of state and state treasurer, echoed arguments shared by the LCC and (Kansas AG) Kobach.

He said the state Constitution and Kansas law guaranteed an executive branch structure that was fractured among separately elected state officials.

“The governor of Kansas is not imbued with King-like executive powers over all matters they deem to be under their executive control,” he said. “The governor’s contrary arguments in this case must surely give pause to the state’s other executive officials: Will the governor’s next contention be that she can overrule the actions of the commissioner on matters of insurance or securities? Or perhaps she can supplant the role of the elected State Board of Education on matters of public education?”

“The answer to all of these alarming potential assertions of gubernatorial authority has to be a resounding “no,” but the governor’s positions in this case cast doubt on whether she would be so restrained in her assertion of power,” he said.

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