Date: June 19th, 2018 9:58 AM
Author: swashbuckling nowag forum
http://www.kansas.com/news/politics-government/article213415624.html
The ruling was also a slap against Kobach as an attorney. Robinson wrote Kobach had a “well-documented history of avoiding this Court’s orders.” She repeatedly criticized Kobach’s conduct in court, noting that at least once he tried to introduce evidence despite Robinson having excluded it.
She also wrote that Kobach failed to disclose documents, and she faulted misleading testimony by one of his witnesses.
Kobach was previously fined $1,000 in the case and held in contempt.
“I have a very difficult understanding why someone with Kris Kobach’s educational pedigree can make such poor judgments repeatedly,” Rep. John Carmichael, D-Wichita, said after Monday’s ruling.
Rep. Jack Thimesch, R-Spivey, defended Kobach in the wake of the ruling, citing his familiarity with Kobach from his time sitting on the House elections committee. He also supports the proof of citizenship requirement.
“It needs to be there,” he said of the proof of citizenship requirement.
Robinson concluded her ruling by ordering Kobach to take six additional hours of continuing legal education in addition to any other hours required for a law license.
“The additional CLE must pertain to federal or Kansas civil rules of procedure or evidence,” Robinson wrote
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4005423&forum_id=2#36271066)