84 Year Old Judge issues Injunction halting Kansas petitions law residency rule

Tucked away on page A-16 of the Kansas City Star Saturday morning was a story by The Associated Press describing how a Kansas District Judge with the advice of the (appointed) Secretary of State Chris Biggs to issue an injunction which allows out of state paid petitioners to gather signatures in Kansas. 

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The Associated Press

WICHITA

A federal judge struck down as unconstitutional on Friday a part of a Kansas law that prohibits nonresidents from circulating petitions within the state.

U.S. District Judge Sam Crow ruled that the law violates the First Amendment and issued a permanent injunction prohibiting Secretary of State Chris Biggs from enforcing it.

The order comes after a lawsuit filed in April by the Constitution Party of Kansas. Also named as plaintiffs are Curt Engelbrecht, a Wichita party member, and Mark Pickens, an Arizona man who works as a paid political petition circulator.
The Kansas attorney general's office had joined with the plaintiffs in asking that the statute be ruled unconstitutional - something Daniel Treuden, a Milwaukee attorney who represents the Constitution Party, called "the responsible thing to do.

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Who is the Constition Party?

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Why I support the CP. If Not the Constitution Party – Then Who?

By Harold Thompson

The Constitution Party believes in God, the sovereignty of our states, the principles of liberty and freedom and small Federal government. We believe in personal responsibility, low taxes, local control of our schools and local control of our governments. We do not need or want the folks in Washington, D.C. telling us how to live, what to eat, how to spend our money and what to buy with our money. Government is by, for and of the people. We, the people, need to start living up to our responsibilities.

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This whole thing may be above my pay grade but it does not seem right.

Bill Blogger