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Kris Kobach has turned a landmark voting rights case into a comedy of errors
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Mar 09, 2018 10:53pm |
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| Category | Review |
| Author | Kira Lerner |
| News Date | Thursday, March 8, 2018 03:30:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Kobach's lawyers are fumbling questions, misplacing documents, and getting lessons in basic civil procedure.
It wasn’t the only time the judge, a George W. Bush appointee, would explain to Kobach and his fellow attorneys basic legal concepts after they fumbled the rules of evidence and civil procedure. During the first two days of trial, Judge Robinson also walked Kobach’s team through how to phrase questions in cross examination, how to impeach a witness, and how to present new exhibits into the record.
The Republican secretary of state, who is also running for governor, decided to represent himself in the ACLU’s litigation over his documentary proof of citizenship law. It’s unclear why Kobach decided to handle the case himself rather than being represented by the Kansas Attorney General’s office, which would have numerous attorneys skilled at trial advocacy, or another attorney with trial experience. |
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