Kobach Used State's Money For Court-Ordered Legal Education Course

[Gothmog]

For long while, this was my favorite soap opera. The ACLU sued Kobach over his voter suppression plan and Kobach tried the case himself or tried to represent himself. Kobach is a very bad lawyer and the judge was not impressed with Kobach's trial skills. See https://upload.democraticunderground.com/100210350534 and
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100210403135 and https://upload.democraticunderground.com/10142087389 I really enjoyed my soap opera but was happy when the judge ruled against Kobach and ordered him to take a remedial course on civil procedure

Now we find out that Kobach is also cheap https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/kobach-used-taxpayer-money-to-pay-for-court-ordered-legal-education

Former Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach didn’t open his own wallet to pay for six hours of legal education a federal judge ordered he take due to his “repeated and flagrant violations of discovery and disclosure rules.”

Instead, the Topeka Capital-Journal reported Tuesday, Kobach used state funds. A spokesperson for the secretary of state’s office confirmed that it paid $359 for an audio version of the legal education course, according to the report.

U.S. District Judge Julie Robinson ordered that Kobach take the legal education courses after striking down a law Kobach personally defended in court, on his then-office’s behalf, that required proof of citizenship for people registering to vote.....

The judge said of Kobach’s procedural mistakes: “It is not clear to the Court whether Defendant repeatedly failed to meet his disclosure obligations intentionally or due to his unfamiliarity with the federal rules. Therefore, the Court finds that an additional sanction is appropriate in the form of Continuing Legal Education.”

[RainCaster]

1. Good-- that means that the next time he does stupid shit...

He must be considered a willfull asshole, because he is now educated and no longer ignorant.

[dlk]

2. Kobach is the Poster Boy for Republican Free Lunchers

[MuseRider]

3. He is the gift that keeps on giving.

He misused funds as the state RNC chair, did not pay state or federal taxes while chair then this stupid state started electing him for whatever he ran for (until now thank goodness). He now wants Pat Roberts Senate seat as does Pompeo. Hopefully the Dems are working hard to find someone good to run against them because it will likely be one of them running.