Kansas judge rebukes AG Kris Kobach in gender marker case, issues symbolic $1 fine

Kansas judge rebukes AG Kris Kobach in gender marker case, issues symbolic $1 fine

A Kansas district court judge sanctioned Attorney General Kris Kobach with a $1 fine for failing to know the law. (Photo by Sherman Smith/Kansas Reflector)TOPEKA — Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach will pay a symbolic $1 sanction because he “should have known” better than to file a motion in a court that did not have jurisdiction. Kobach, along with his solicitor general, Anthony Powell, was admonished and fined by District Judge Thomas Luedke…

UPDATED: Judge sanctions Kobach, solicitor general in driver’s license case

(Updated to include comments from attorney general) A Shawnee County judge has sanctioned Attorney General Kris Kobach and his top appellate attorney for trying to delay lifting of an injunction that barred transgender Kansans from changing gender markers on their driver’s licenses. District Judge Thomas Luedke fined Kobach and Solicitor General Anthony Powell $1 each for filing a motion that they knew - or should have . . . SSJ This content is …