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Kris Kobach

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Name: Kris Kobach

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 2 reports

$50K donation aids city defense

The heir to a Dallas real estate empire donated $50,000 toward a legal defense fund that was created in 2006 to support Hazleton's Illegal Immigration Relief Act, Mayor Joseph Yannuzzi said.Trammell S. Crow, of Dallas, Texas, sent the check in late April, ... [Published Standard Speaker - May 10 2013]

Entities: Kris Kobach, Immigration, Donations

First reported May 07 2013 - Updated May 07 2013 - 1 reports

Kansas Secretary Of State Close To Expanding His Own Voter Fraud Enforcement Power

After a year in which voting lines proved to be a much bigger problem than alleged voter fraud, Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach (R) is gaining traction for his proposal to give himself more power to prosecute such cases. The power to investigate ... [Published Think Progress - May 07 2013]

Entities: Kris Kobach, Fraud, Election Fraud

First reported May 06 2013 - Updated May 06 2013 - 1 reports

Ill-advised appeal

Late last week, Secretary of State Kris Kobach indicated he was considering an appeal of a federal court’s order that Kansas pay $389,000 in attorneys’ fees and expenses in connection with last year’s lawsuit over congressional and legislative redist ... [Published Lawrence Journal-World - May 06 2013]

Entities: Kris Kobach, Derek Schmidt, Paul Davis, Lawsuit

First reported May 06 2013 - Updated May 06 2013 - 1 reports

Kobach Office Could Get Expanded Power Soon

Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach says he is close to winning legislative approval for new power for his office to investigate and prosecute election fraud cases.Secretary of State Kobach said Friday he's optimistic lawmakers will approve the bill ... [Published KMUW 89.1 FM - May 06 2013]

Entities: Kris Kobach, Election Fraud, Elections

First reported May 04 2013 - Updated May 04 2013 - 2 reports

Sam Brownback

Kansas To Prosecute Federal Agents Who Enforce Federal Gun Control Laws

:55 AM PDT post a commentThe Hill reports that Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback just signed into law a statute that "bars the federal government from regulating guns and ammunition manufactured and stored within Kansas state lines."Moreover, the new law makes ... [Published Breitbart.com - May 04 2013]

Entities: Federal, Gun Control, Sam Brownback, Interstate Commerce Clause, All Appropriate Action

First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 04 2013 - 5 reports

Eric Holder

Kansas Governor Pushes Back After Holder Calls Pro-Gun Law Unconstitutional

Remember all those gun nullification bills that cropped up back in January? Last month, Kansas went ahead and passed one. Senate Bill 102, also known as the Second Amendment Protection Act, became effective in Kansas on April 25. And it has led to a high-level ... [Published Talking Points Memo - May 03 2013]

Entities: Eric Holder, Kris Kobach, Sam Brownback

First reported May 04 2013 - Updated May 04 2013 - 2 reports

Rubio’s Folly

( )National Review helped launch Marco Rubio to prominence in his seemingly quixotic quest for the GOP Senatorial nomination against Charlie Crist and National Review has now declared the Gang of Eight immigration bill of which Rubio is a chief sponsor ... [Published Power Line - May 04 2013]

Entities: Marco Rubio, Jay Nordlinger, Neil Munro

First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 1 reports

Kris Kobach considering appeal of redistricting case ruling

The lawsuit stemmed from a bitter dispute in the Legislature last year over how to redraw the state's political boundaries to ensure equal representation. Lawmakers failed to pass any plan for revising congressional, legislative and State Board of Education ... [Published KansasCity.com - May 03 2013]

Entities: Kris Kobach, Paul Davis, Lawsuit, judges, Chief Judge

First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 1 reports

Kobach considering appeal of redistricting ruling

TOPEKA, Kan. --Secretary of State Kris Kobach says he's considering an appeal of a federal court order requiring Kansas to cover $389,000 worth of attorneys' fees and expenses for parties in a lawsuit over political redistricting.Kobach said Thursday ... [Published Fort Mills Times - May 02 2013]

Entities: Kris Kobach, judges, Lawsuit

First reported May 01 2013 - Updated May 01 2013 - 3 reports

Judges order Kansas to pay redistricting attorneys' fees

_ The three-judge panel ruled that 15 legislators, business leaders and voters achieved enough of their goals in the redistricting lawsuit to warrant having at least part of their attorneys' fees and expenses covered. The court said those individuals ... [Published Topeka Capital-Journal - May 01 2013]

Entities: Kris Kobach, judges, Derek Schmidt

First reported May 01 2013 - Updated May 01 2013 - 21 reports

Ore. shooter bought 6 boxes of ammo before attack

One of the biggest sources of complaints from Kansas City International Airport users is poor shuttle-bus service. Unfortunately, the City Council has been unwilling to do anything meaningful about it.“Associating illegal immigration with the Boston bombing ... [Published Kansas City Star - May 01 2013]

Entities: Kris Kobach, Ammunition, Illegal Immigration, US Senate

First reported Apr 28 2013 - Updated Apr 28 2013 - 3 reports

Verify this

( )The Gang of Eight immigration bill shares several unlovely characteristics of the Obamacare legislation. Its supporters haven’t yet claimed that we might have to pass the bill to find out what’s in it (or what’s not in it), but that seems to be the ... [Published Power Line - Apr 28 2013]

Entities: Marco Rubio, Neil Munro, Kris Kobach, Alex Conant, Immigration

Quotes

...The law also instructs Kansas police to arrest federal agents to enforce certain gun laws. Kobach, who helped write the law, has said, "as a former professor of constitutional law, i ensured that it was drafted to withstand any legal challenge."

Using guns instead of lances [Published Salina Journal - May 17 2013]

"We are very, very confident of our position," Kobach told the AP. "the state of kansas is not in any way afraid of a legal challenge."

Kansas Governor to go to battle with feds over 'sovereign will' of the people of Kansas [Published Natural News - May 12 2013]

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Using guns instead of lances [Published Salina Journal - May 17 2013]
Some legislative issues are best left undone [Published Wichita Eagle - May 15 2013]
Eagle editorial: Hopes for session [Published Wichita Eagle - May 15 2013]
And the right shall rise again [Published KansasCity.com - May 14 2013]
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$50K donation aids city defense [Published Standard Speaker - May 10 2013]
Senator Pat Roberts should stop pandering [Published Winfield Courier - May 10 2013]
Dallas real estate heir gives $50K to city lega... [Published Standard Speaker - May 09 2013]
Oregon secretary of state tweaks universal regi... [Published Oregonian - May 09 2013]
America's Voice: Gang of Hate vs Gang of Eight [Published Tucson Citizen - May 08 2013]
Former Kan. securities chief: Crash of a politi... [Published Topeka Capital-Journal - May 08 2013]
Holder v. Brownback? DOJ and Kan. on collision ... [Published The Hill - May 08 2013]
Kansas Gun Law Looks Like a Trojan Horse for a ... [Published Kevin Drum Feed \| Mother Jones - May 07 2013]
Kansas Secretary Of State Close To Expanding Hi... [Published Think Progress - May 07 2013]
Webber: People have trouble believing something... [Published University Daily Kansan - May 07 2013]
Fair and balanced? [Published Hutchinson News - May 07 2013]
Ill-advised appeal [Published Lawrence Journal-World - May 06 2013]
Kobach Office Could Get Expanded Power Soon [Published KMUW 89.1 FM - May 06 2013]
Governor, lawmakers considering whether to keep... [Published KansasCity.com - May 05 2013]
Eagle editorial: Shot in the foot [Published Wichita Eagle - May 05 2013]
About 100 people rally against policies of Brow... [Published Lawrence Journal-World - May 04 2013]
Republican Group Pushes to Limit Citizenship to... [Published The Moderate Voice - May 04 2013]
Kansas To Prosecute Federal Agents Who Enforce ... [Published Breitbart.com - May 04 2013]
Kansas To Prosecute Federal Agents Who Enforce ... [Published Breitbart Feed - May 04 2013]
Kansas Secretary of State pushing to investigat... [Published Kansas First News - May 04 2013]
Rubio’s Folly [Published Power Line - May 04 2013]

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ICE President Chris Crane Opposes Any Kind Of R... [Published Think Progress - May 20 2013] On Monday, two Department of Homeland Security unions comprising of 20,000 individuals from the National Immigration and Customs Enforcement Council (NICEC) and the National Citizenship and Immigration Services Council (NCISC) publicly released a statement ...
Kansas Gun Law Looks Like a Trojan Horse for a ... [Published Kevin Drum Feed \| Mother Jones - May 07 2013] Once again, I haven't been paying attention. I knew that Kansas had passed a law saying that any law which "violates the second amendment to the constitution of the United States is null, void and unenforceable in the state of Kansas." It was a silly ...
Kansas Secretary Of State Close To Expanding Hi... [Published Think Progress - May 07 2013] After a year in which voting lines proved to be a much bigger problem than alleged voter fraud, Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach (R) is gaining traction for his proposal to give himself more power to prosecute such cases. The power to investigate ...
Republican Group Pushes to Limit Citizenship to... [Published The Moderate Voice - May 04 2013] If the Republican Party is serious about trying to win over more of Hispanic voters then it will face a major rebranding problem in coming months: a GOP group is seeking to stop giving U.S. citizenship to babies of illegal immigrants born in the U.S. ...
Kansas To Prosecute Federal Agents Who Enforce ... [Published Breitbart Feed - May 04 2013] The Hill reports that Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback just signed into law a statute that "bars the federal government from regulating guns and ammunition manufactured and stored within Kansas state lines." Moreover, the new law makes it a felony for ...

Audio/Video

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‘Gang of 8’ Bill Based on Flawed Data? [Published FOX Business - Video - Apr 18 2013]
Can Compromise Be Reached on Immigration Reform? [Published FOX Business - Video - Jan 30 2013]
Border Security a Key Part of Immigration Reform? [Published FOX Business - Video - Jan 30 2013]
Kansas Secretary of State: The ‘Achieve Act’ is... [Published FOX Business - Video - Dec 01 2012]