{"id":20504,"date":"2016-03-11T12:37:39","date_gmt":"2016-03-11T20:37:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=20504"},"modified":"2016-03-12T23:34:20","modified_gmt":"2016-03-13T07:34:20","slug":"open-thread3112016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2016\/03\/11\/open-thread3112016\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–3\/11\/2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m running late, because I felt tired and needed to take a nap from Lona this morning.  I managed to reduce my one ton paperwork backlog to 3\/4 tin, but it felt good to put a dent in it.  TGIF!!<\/font><\/p>\n

Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

Todays took me 2:24 (average 4:41).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

Short Takes<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

From Daily Kos<\/a>: <\/font>For those who had any remaining doubts, Kansas has officially gone insane<\/a>, with its Republican dominated legislature now trying to pass a law effectively nullifying the state’s Judiciary system:<\/p>\n

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A committee in the GOP-controlled Senate plans to vote Tuesday on a bill that would make "attempting to usurp the power<\/strong>" of the Legislature or the executive branch grounds for impeachment.<\/p>\n

Impeachment has "been a little-used tool" to challenge judges who strike down new legislation<\/strong>, said Republican Sen. Dennis Pyle, a sponsor of the measure. "Maybe it needs to be oiled up a little bit or sharpened a little bit."<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Senate Bill 439<\/a> is currently set for debate before the state’s GOP-stacked Judiciary Committee. If it is approved and signed by Governor Brownback, it will permit impeachment of any Judge who acts contrary to the wishes of the legislature<\/strong>. In other words, any Judge who strikes down or modifies any law  the legislature passes, for any reason– whether the law is blatantly Unconstitutional, violative of existing laws, or otherwise, is thereby subject to impeachment proceedings by the state Legislature. A previous law threatening to cut off all Judicial funding was declared unconstitutional by the state’s High Court. [emphasis original<\/em>]<\/p>\n

Governor BrownNose and his Republican goose-steppers sure are instituting KKK<\/strong>ansas!!<\/font><\/p>\n

From Media Matters<\/a>: <\/font>Samantha Bee's Full Frontal<\/em> Debunks Myth That NRA Can Easily Punish Politicians Who Support Gun Safety Laws<\/p>\n