To: President Donald Trump
Protect justice in Kansas, prosecute abuse of power by Governor Brownback and the legislature
Call on The Obama Administration to file charges against the Kansas Legislators who passed House Bill # 2005 for abuse of power and consequently the bribery of all Kansas Judges.
Why is this important?
Kansas legislators have recently passed a bill, in which the state's courts will only be funded in the event that none of them rule to overturn a previously passed law that limited the administrative authority of the courts. This is a clear abuse of power as the Kansas Constitution clearly states in Article 3 §1: "The judicial power of this state shall be vested exclusively in one court of justice, which shall be divided into one supreme court, district courts, and such other courts as are provided by law", The Kansas legislature and governor are in breach of this provision as they have attempted to interfere in judicial rulings.
Since the legislature and governor were not acting within their constitutionally defined powers, I believe this also constitutes bribery using state funds under federal statute 18 USCS prec § 201(b) which is explained here http://bribery.uslegal.com/federal-laws-on-bribery/
As this is a particularly brazen example of bribery, I want to call on the president to seek the harshest penalties defined under the law, that the offending legislators and the Governor be disqualified from holding public office.
Please sign the official petition on "We the People": https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/file-charges-against-kansas-legislators-who-passed-hb-2005-bribery-all-kansas-judges
More information on the bill and situation can be found here:
http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2015/06/05/kansas-passes-law-linking-court-funding-to-judicial-rulings/
Since the legislature and governor were not acting within their constitutionally defined powers, I believe this also constitutes bribery using state funds under federal statute 18 USCS prec § 201(b) which is explained here http://bribery.uslegal.com/federal-laws-on-bribery/
As this is a particularly brazen example of bribery, I want to call on the president to seek the harshest penalties defined under the law, that the offending legislators and the Governor be disqualified from holding public office.
Please sign the official petition on "We the People": https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/file-charges-against-kansas-legislators-who-passed-hb-2005-bribery-all-kansas-judges
More information on the bill and situation can be found here:
http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2015/06/05/kansas-passes-law-linking-court-funding-to-judicial-rulings/