Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback Threatens to Defund Judiciary if It Rules Against Him

[still_one]

On Thursday, Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback signed a bill that threatens the entire state's judiciary with destruction if it rules against a law he favors. Brownback has spent much of his tenure attempting to curb the state supreme court and consolidate power in the executive branch. Thursday's startling maneuver suggests the deeply conservative governor has no compunction about simply obliterating separation of powers when another branch of government gets in his way.


http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2015/06/08/kansas_governor_sam_brownback_threatens_to_defund_judiciary_if_it_rules.html

[randome]

1. Incredible. Kansas and Louisiana -two Conservative states whose greatest achievement is failure.

[hr][font color="blue"][center]"The whole world is a circus if you know how to look at it."
Tony Randall, 7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964)[/center][/font][hr]

[Gothmog]

2. Brownback is an idiot

[MoonRiver]

5. Unfortunately he's an idiot with a lot of power and support

in this stupid state.

[tridim]

9. It's difficult to find Brownback supporters IRL in Kansas these days.

My parents admitted that they screwed up voting for him, which is the most rare of political realizations in Kansas. My parents have never admitted that in their six decades of voting Republican.

He does have full-support from the Kochs and ALEC, and the power that comes with it.

[MoonRiver]

10. I know some Republicans here. ALL of them said they would not vote for him

this time. What happened? There is a lot of suspicion, and some evidence, of vote fixing through the electronic voting machines.

[irisblue]

3. How can this be state Constutional? The Fed Constution is very clear about 3 branches nt

[MADem]

4. How dare he corrupt his office by threatening judges in that fashion!

Someone should bring HIM up on charges!!!

[still_one]

8. I was wondering about that

[marmar]

6. I guess he's declared himself Emporer.

[gordianot]

7. Will Brownback's position become hereditary?

[moondust]

11. Despot alert!

Maybe an Enabling Act isn't far off?