Kansas Guv Kelly Joins Legal Fight Against National Guard In D.C.

We're surprised this note didn't earn more local consideration . . . Here are the basics and quick quote from the "moderate" Kansas Guv . . . 

The Kansas governor is joining others to fight what they're calling unlawful deployment of the National Guard in Washington, D.C.

Governor Laura Kelly is joining 23 other attorneys general and two governors in filling an amicus brief. They're urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to deny the Trump administration's appeal.

They want the court to uphold a lower court's ruling that blocks the unlawful deployment of National Guard troops to Washington, D.C. 

“I have previously stood against infringement of the nation’s governors’ authority to command their National Guards, and I join this brief to preserve the purpose of the National Guard,” Governor Laura Kelly said. “Deploying the National Guard to serve as a domestic police force undermines fundamental tenets of our democracy and pulls National Guard servicemembers away from their primary responsibilities to their states and their communities.”

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

Kansas governor joins coalition challenging National Guard deployment in Washington, D.C.