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Loki

(3,825 posts) Sat Mar 19, 2016, 12:37 PM Mar 2016

This is such a good article about the Failed Republican Model

I wanted to bring it to the group. This is what we need to start talking about as the election comes near. I live in Missouri and so what has happened in Kansas is very close and it's damning. Enjoy the read.

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/03/gop-must-answer-for-what-it-did-to-kansas.html

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This is such a good article about the Failed Republican Model (Original Post) Loki Mar 2016 OP

Add this: Frustrated Kansas GOP lawmakers weigh move to impeach top judges Agnosticsherbet Mar 2016 #1

What has surprised me is that this little Loki Mar 2016 #2

I think it has been forgotten, becasue he is a centrist... Agnosticsherbet Mar 2016 #3

Agnosticsherbet

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1. Add this: Frustrated Kansas GOP lawmakers weigh move to impeach top judges

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Sat Mar 19, 2016, 12:53 PM

Mar 2016

Frustrated Kansas GOP lawmakers weigh move to impeach top judges
Republican lawmakers in Kansas, weary of conflicts with a judiciary that has been pushing for more school spending, are beginning to act on a measure to expand the legal grounds for impeaching judges.

The move is part of an intensified effort in red states to reshape courts still dominated by moderate judges from earlier administrations.

Sen. Mitch Holmes
Sen. Mitch Holmes
A committee in the GOP-controlled Senate plans to vote Tuesday on a bill that would make “attempting to usurp the power” of the Legislature or the executive branch grounds for impeachment.

Impeachment has “been a little-used tool” to challenge judges who strike down new legislation, said Republican Sen. Dennis Pyle, a sponsor of the measure. “Maybe it needs to be oiled up a little bit or sharpened a little bit.”

Kansas has become a totalitarian State.
Fortunately, John Bel Edwards, is a vast improvement on Jindal.

Loki

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2. What has surprised me is that this little

Reply to Agnosticsherbet (Reply #1)

Sat Mar 19, 2016, 01:12 PM

Mar 2016

factoid that a Democrat won the Governorship of Louisiana just disappeared off the radar. I thought it was a bellweather moment in the deep red south.

Agnosticsherbet

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3. I think it has been forgotten, becasue he is a centrist...

Reply to Loki (Reply #2)

Sat Mar 19, 2016, 04:30 PM

Mar 2016

He is trying to repair the Jindalation of Louisiana, but it isn't easy.

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