(Syndicated to Kansas newspapers Sept. 29, 2014)
Yes, much of the recent press was about the Kansas Supreme Court overruling law professor/Secretary of State Kris Kobach’s assertion that Democrat U.S. Senate primary election winner Chad Taylor had inadequately professed that he was incapable of serving in the U.S. Senate.
The case, still being wrung out before a Shawnee County District Court three-judge panel, may determine whether a Kansas City Democrat was disenfranchised by Taylor’s removal from the November ballot—and goes several other ways in the politics of the Kansas Statehouse.
And, yes, we’re going to see some battling between the Legislature, possibly the governor, and the courts no matter how that matter finally turns out.