The tenure of Sam Brownback as Governor of Kansas has done great damage to that state, all of it or nearly all of it self-inflicted and basically because Gov. Brownback appears to reject the notion that government has to work. Brownback, a Republican, is far less popular in Kansas than President Obama, who lost Kansas 59-38 to Mitt Romney in 2012. The latest installment in this slide to chaos is an attack on judicial independence:
Senate Bill 439 is currently set for debate before the state’s GOP-stacked Judiciary Committee. If it is approved and signed by Governor Brownback, it will permit impeachment of any Judge who acts contrary to the wishes of the legislature. In other words, any Judge who strikes down or modifies any law the legislature passes, for any reason-- whether the law is blatantly Unconstitutional, violative of existing laws, or otherwise, is thereby subject to impeachment proceedings by the state Legislature. A previous law threatening to cut off all Judicial funding was declared unconstitutional by the state’s High Court.
The report is at Daily Kos: For Those That Had Any Doubts, Kansas Has Gone Officially Insane.
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