BREAKING: Kline Rejected by Judge
Phill Kline's request for a judge to defy the Kansas Supreme Court's recent ruling that Judges are allowed to testify was refused late yesterday.
Imagine what would happen if we elected judges.... Phill Kline would probably have dozens of judges lined up to cause trouble, or even be a judge himself...
“I don’t tell the Supreme Court what to do,” District Judge Stephen Tatum told District Attorney Phill Kline, who asked for the action. “When we get further direction from the Supreme Court, we will proceed accordingly.”According to The Star, this would allow a Topeka judge to testify in a criminal case against Planned Parenthood. (surprise)
.... just when you think you've seen it all....Kline argued that Shawnee County District Judge Richard Anderson should be allowed to testify because he has information “relevant” to the charges against Planned Parenthood.
Anderson oversaw Kline’s investigation of Planned Parenthood while Kline was Kansas attorney general. Anderson maintains redacted medical records that Kline obtained from Planned Parenthood under subpoena in 2006. He also has Kansas Department of Health and Environment abortion reports that Kline also obtained under a subpoena.
Those records and reports are key to the 107 charges that Kline filed last fall against Planned Parenthood’s Overland Park clinic. Planned Parenthood is charged with manufacturing the abortion reports that it turned over to the court in response to Kline’s subpoena. The charges are felonies. The clinic also is charged with misdemeanors, allegedly violating the state’s abortion laws.
The clinic denies the allegations.
After Kline subpoenaed Anderson to testify at an upcoming preliminary hearing, the Kansas Supreme Court in April ordered Anderson not to appear. The court reiterated that order May 2, when it unsealed two lawsuits related to the Planned Parenthood case.
Labels: judges, judicial review, phill kline
posted by MAINKansan @ 9:30 AM
2 Comments:
Why is everyone afraid of the truth? Let the witness/judge testify! This is a simple issue, and the Court can do nothing in this instance(at least under the law) to stop a witness from testifying. And why do they want to? Stop thinking about this Kline guy and start thinking about THE ISSUE.
Thanks for commenting!! I'm always excited to have dialogue on here!!
A judge is not the same as a citizen. If we require them to testify as witnesses - it confuses their roll in the courtroom.
A judge has to be impartial in every case - every time. And this would force a judge to take a stance on an issue.
Plus, if we require someone to testify does this then set a president where that sacred trust is suddenly broken between a judge and the citizens who appear in his or her court.
Judges are there to protect citizens, not lawyers, not DA's, not politicians but people like you and me. And I want them to stay that way.
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