Post by Logan on Mar 20, 2016 2:00:10 GMT -6
The seven justices of the Kansas Supreme Court asked a federal judge this week to dismiss a lawsuit against them by former Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline, calling one of his arguments “puzzling” as the anti-abortion firebrand seeks reinstatement of his law license.
The court indefinitely suspended Kline’s license in a unanimous ruling Oct. 18, 2013, after finding “clear and convincing evidence” Kline had acted unprofessionally as he pursued criminal charges against abortion providers.
Kline’s attorneys argued in their complaint that the court lacked the necessary number of Kansas Supreme Court justices to make a decision — four — after five of the court’s seven justices recused themselves from the case, recusals that Kline, in part, had requested.
On Monday, the 15 defendants in the lawsuit, including all Supreme Court justices, said Kline’s arguments, if accepted, would nullify a portion of the Kansas Constitution “and undermine decades of jurisprudence.”
Read more: cjonline.com/news/2016-03-19/kansas-supreme-court-seeks-dismissal-puzzling-phill-kline-lawsuit
The court indefinitely suspended Kline’s license in a unanimous ruling Oct. 18, 2013, after finding “clear and convincing evidence” Kline had acted unprofessionally as he pursued criminal charges against abortion providers.
Kline’s attorneys argued in their complaint that the court lacked the necessary number of Kansas Supreme Court justices to make a decision — four — after five of the court’s seven justices recused themselves from the case, recusals that Kline, in part, had requested.
On Monday, the 15 defendants in the lawsuit, including all Supreme Court justices, said Kline’s arguments, if accepted, would nullify a portion of the Kansas Constitution “and undermine decades of jurisprudence.”
Read more: cjonline.com/news/2016-03-19/kansas-supreme-court-seeks-dismissal-puzzling-phill-kline-lawsuit