KOBACH IN THE NEWS
Kris Kobach: Throwing the States off the Field
On Wednesday, I published an article in the New York Post criticizing the ill-conceived HR-2164, introduced by Rep. Lamar Smith (R., Tex.). The bill, which was put together under the supervision of the pro-amnesty U.S. Chamber of Commerce, imposes a national E-Verify requirement (but one that is shot through with exceptions), in return for preempting the anti-illegal-immigration laws that have been passed in states such as Arizona, Alabama, Georgia, and Missouri. More...
Kris Kobach: Another Amnesty? New bill hobbles border states
History is threatening to repeat itself. Twenty-five years ago, Congress passed the Simpson-Mazzoli Act (better known among conservatives as the 1986 illegal-alien amnesty), which gave a path to citizenship to illegal aliens already here in exchange for prohibiting the hiring of illegal workers -- a provision that has been enforced only sporadically. It was a raw deal for conservatives. More...
New York Times: Justices’ Arizona Ruling on Illegal Immigration May Embolden States
Kris Kobach, the constitutional lawyer who has been the intellectual if not the actual author of many of the state immigration enforcement laws, was elated by the court’s recent decision. More...
NPR's Talk of the Nation: Voter ID Debate Ramping Up Again For 2012
More than half of states require voters to present some type of identification at the polls. Nine of those states require voters to present a government-issued photo ID, and in January, Kansas will become number ten. Audio at the link...
Kris Kobach: The Case for Voter ID
You can't cash a check, board a plane, or even buy full-strength Sudafed over the counter without ID. Why should voting be different? More...
The Rising Republican: Kris Kobach – Kansas Secretary of State
There is no newly-elected, down-ballot statewide official in this country who has a larger national profile than Kris Kobach. More...
Audio: Kobach Delivers Vickers Lecture
On April 12, 2011, Kris Kobach delivered the 42nd Annual Vickers Lecture to the University of Kansas School of Business Listen...
May 3, 2011: Kobach and Tancredo to Team Up for Immigration Debate
Are immigrants taking American jobs, or, does immigration help our economy? And is there any difference between low-skilled and highly-skilled immigrants and is it time to honor this distinction? More...
Press Release: Kansas Secure and Fair Elections (SAFE) Act Signed by Governor
Today Kansas Governor Sam Brownback signed the Kansas Secure and Fair Elections (SAFE) Act into law. “With Governor Brownback's signature, Kansas has now accomplished something truly extraordinary,” said Kansas Secretary of State Kris W. Kobach. “No other state in the union does as much to secure the integrity of the voting process.” More...
Washington Examiner: Kansas moves to assure honest elections
HB 2067 was the brain child of Kris Kobach, Kansas’ new secretary of state. A very smart lawyer who worked for U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft at the Justice Department, Kobach gained national attention last year for helping members of the Arizona Legislature draft their immigration bill. Now he has turned his talents to improving election procedures. More...
RedState: Voter ID Means One Thing Less Is Now Wrong With Kansas
Voter ID should be an absolute no-brainer. It should be a no-brainer for the government; it should be a no-brainer for the citizens. In Kansas, this is the case. More...
National Review's The Corner: Kobach Battles Voter Fraud
In Kansas, Secretary of State Kris Kobach, who wrote the National Review cover story on Arizona last year, has started his Topeka tenure with a bang... More...
Bi-Partisan Senate Passage of Kansas Secure and Fair Elections (SAFE) Act
This morning the Kansas Senate voted by a large bi-partisan majority (36-3) to pass the Secure and Fair Elections (SAFE) Act, advocated by Secretary of State Kris Kobach. More...
Kobach: People overestimate my impact
Secretary of State Kris Kobach is convinced critics of his ideas for reforming election and immigration law possess a twisted sense of the power within one man's grasp. More...
Press Release: Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach to Address We the People Competition
Ten schools from across Kansas will bring twelve teams to Topeka, Monday, Feb. 28th, to compete in the state We the People competition to be held at the Topeka Capitol Plaza Maner Conference Center. Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach will join the students for lunch, and speak about some of the court cases that he has litigated which involve constitutional issues. More...
House passes voter ID bill
What was supposed to be one of the more controversial issues of the 2011 session sailed through the House with hardly a pause Thursday as lawmakers voted 78-36 to advance a voter identification bill championed by Secretary of State Kris Kobach. More...
Press Release: Kansas House of Representatives Passes the SAFE Act
This evening the Kansas House of Representatives passed HB 2067 known as the Secure and Fair Elections (SAFE) Act. Secretary of State Kris Kobach introduced the bill at a press conference in Memorial Hall on January 18, 2011. It had 51 co-sponsors. More...
Kris Kobach: Repealing tuition law isn't 'mean-spirited'
An Eagle editorial supported in-state tuition rates for illegal aliens at Kansas colleges and criticized my support for Kansas House Bill 2006, which would end this subsidy for illegal aliens in Kansas ("No tuition law repeal," Feb. 17 Opinion).
The editorial called the bill "mean-spirited." The editorial board seems to think that Kansas taxpayers have a duty to subsidize the college education of illegal aliens. Like so many on the left, the editorial board seems to think that public benefits grow on trees. More...
Human Events: Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach at CPAC 2011
Kobach is definitely one to stand with as our nation struggles with an overwhelming problem when it comes to illegal immigration. More...
Kobach Stars at CPAC
Anti-immigration lobbyist Mark Krikorian even suggested Kobach may be in a future CPAC presidential straw poll. More...
Newsweek: America’s Deporter in Chief
Kris Kobach, a Kansas-raised former law professor who has emerged as the intellectual architect of the right’s fight against illegal immigration. More...
Kris Kobach: The Man Behind the Immigration Crackdown
Kris Kobach has written or defended almost every hard-line bill against illegal immigrants in the country. More...
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach announces his endorsement of Ann Wagner for Republican National Committee Chairman
Today Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, former Chairman of Kansas Republican Party (2007-2009), announced his endorsement of Ann Wagner for Chairman of the Republican National Committee. More...
Ten Conservatives Who Will Define 2011
Kobach campaigned for stricter voter-ID laws and easily won his first political office. It will be a shock if he doesn't start defining how conservatives and conservative states interpret the status of undocumented workers and the right to vote. More...
Kobach selected as a Lawyer of the Year for 2010
Each December, Lawyers USA selects our Lawyers of the Year, attorneys who have made an important impact on the law in the year that is coming to a close. More...
Kansas likely to crack down on illegal immigration
One of the top legal minds in that movement is about to take office as Kansas' secretary of state, and he said he's ready to advise lawmakers. More...
Kris W. Kobach: Pushing immigration reform
On the frontline of the country's legal battles over this hottest of hot-button issues is Kris Kobach. More...
Kobach tabs Rucker top assistant
Kobach on Friday revealed the names of Rucker and four others who will serve on his leadership team when he takes office next month. More...
Hazelton, PA Petitions Supreme Court
Kris Kobach, an attorney who represents the city, believes split opinions from the federal Third and Ninth Circuit appeals courts on similar immigration laws greatly increases Hazleton's chances for securing a hearing before the Supreme Court. More...
Washington Times: Anti-illegals activist to target voter fraud
Outside of Kansas, Kris Kobach is best known as an expert on immigration issues. He's the author of Arizona's anti-illegal-immigration law, a longtime counsel to the Immigration Law Reform Institute and a hero within the border-security movement. More...
Fox 10 Phoenix Newsmaker Sunday
FOX 10's John Hook speaks to Kris Kobach, the architect of SB 1070. More...
States Turn to Kobach for Illegal Immigration Laws
[Kobach is] the go to guy when it comes to drafting "get tough" laws dealing with illegal immigration.
Not only has he done it here in Arizona, but a dozen states across the country are turning to him for legal advice as they craft measures similar to our SB 1070. More...
Kobach: Unwise to let illegal aliens pay in-state tuition
The Eagle editorial board urged me to give up my fight to stop states from providing in-state tuition rates to illegal aliens (Nov. 26 Eagle Editorial). Ten states are violating federal law by providing this benefit to illegal aliens. More...
Kobach says he'll move fast on voter fraud issue
Secretary of State-elect Kris Kobach said Thursday that he expects to take important steps toward combating potential election fraud in Kansas within a week of assuming office and will move quickly because he has a mandate from voters.
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Chris Stigall:
Kris Kobach on the air with Chris Stigall, November 3, 2010
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Cashill: A Star is Born in Kansas
For those who are paying attention, it is not Moran, not Brownback, not Yoder who will emerge as the star of the party, but Kobach.
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Malkin: Two important Secretary of State wins for GOP
Kris Kobach, the GOP candidate for Secretary of State in Kansas has won his race...
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Grave Concerns:
Dead People, voting in elections -- in Kansas
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Fox Business:
Kris Kobach consulted as an expert on voter fraud on America's Nightly Scoreboard on Fox Business with David Asman
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Michelle Malkin:
"I’ve said before we need candidates like Kris Kobach, running for secretary of state in Kansas on an anti-fraud, anti-corruption, anti-ACORN platform, in every state in the nation."
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RedState:
"This is the most high profile SOS race in the country."
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Gizzi: Kobach Back Again
"In ’04, Kris Kobach stunned the political world in Kansas by winning the Republican nomination for Congress in the Sunflower State’s 3rd District over the choice of the party establishment."
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Chris Stigall:
Kris Kobach on the air with Chris Stigall, October 13, 2010
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Debate with Chris Biggs
Video of Kris Kobach's first public debate with Chris Biggs is now available online
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Claeys: "My vote is for Kris Kobach"
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Event with Sheriff Joe Arpaio
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Legal Architect Behind Arizona Law Becomes Sought-After Immigration Guru
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Anti-Arizona Lawsuit Would Be Unprecedented and Unnecessary
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Kobach files for Secretary of State
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Kris Kobach writes cover story in National Review defending the Arizona law
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Kris Kobach, co-author of the Arizona illegal immigration law, is profiled in the LA Times
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Byron York Applauds Kobach's Work
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DEMOCRATS IN TOPEKA REVEAL THEIR GREATEST FEAR
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On the Glenn Beck Show Kris Kobach discusses the Obama Administration scaling back the enforcement of immigration laws
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Malkin makes visit to Butler County with Kobach
“Kris is a true patriot,” she said. “For too long, people in consulates abroad have handed out VISAs like Pez candy.
“He embodies a combination of factors we need more of in this country.”
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Washington Times Op-Ed: Arizona Acts While Washington Dithers
Kobach helped write controversial Arizona immigration law
Kobach's interview on the Fred Thompson Show
New York Times Op-Ed: Why Arizona Drew A Line
Byron York applauds Kobach's work
Kobach, a Republican who is now running for Kansas Secretary of State, was the chief adviser to Attorney General John Ashcroft on immigration issues from 2001 to 2003. He has successfully defended Arizona immigration laws in the past. "The bill was drafted in expectation that the open-borders crowd would almost certainly bring a lawsuit," he says. "It's drafted to withstand judicial scrutiny."
The bottom line is, it's a good law, sensibly written and rigorously focused -- no matter what the critics say.
Kris Kobach's Op Ed in the New York Post - 'Amnesty Poison Pill'
Kobach Wins One in Arizona
Parkinson names Biggs SOS
By TIM CARPENTER
Topeka Capital-Journal
Parkinson, who considered about 15 candidates for the post, endorsed Biggs' candidacy for secretary of state.
Senate Minority Leader Anthony Hensley, D-Topeka, said Biggs was more qualified for the position than Steineger. The most important duty of Democrats is to prevent Kobach from taking over the office, Hensley said
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Kobach leads fundraising effort
By TIM CARPENTER
Topeka Capital-Journal
Kris Kobach's appearances on talk shows with Glenn Beck and Bill O'Reilly may be paying off in the fundraising contest for Kansas secretary of state.
Kobach, a former chairman of the Kansas Republican Party, brought in $91,000 in contributions during 2009, with 19 percent of the total coming from out-of-state donors.
"I am humbled," he said. "They want me to prevent voter fraud in Kansas."
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Something about Sarah
By DAVID CLOUSTON
Salina Journal
When Sarah Palin spoke in April in Evansville, Ind., at the Vanderburgh County Right to Life banquet, it wasn't supposed to be a political event.
Yet Palin, the former governor of Alaska and 2008 Republican vice presidential candidate, was besieged by chants of those assembled urging her to run for president in 2012, as soon as she entered the banquet hall, accompanied by local law enforcement officers.
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Malkin makes visit to Butler County with Kobach
By Julie Clements
El Dorado Times
El Dorado, Kan. - Kris Kobach is out spreading the word about his campaign for Kansas secretary of state.
He made a stop in Andover last week, where he was joined by Michelle Malkin, Fox News contributor and New York Times best selling author, as part of a fundraiser for his campaign.
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Former senator endorses Kobach
By The Capital-Journal
October 26, 2009 - 2:40pm
Former Sen. Fred Thompson formally endorsed Kris Kobach for the Kansas Secretary of State office.
Thompson, who served in the U.S. Senate from 1994-2003 as a Republican from Tennessee, announced his endorsement during a visit to Kansas City this weekend. Thompson's policy advisor during his 2008 presidential campaign was Kobach.
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"ACORN is a criminal enterprise"
by Michelle Malkin
June 1, 2009
These are the five simple words that every conservative candidate and officeholder should be repeating often and loudly.
It’s about the fraud. It’s about the coordinated corruption. It’s about the effect on housing, the economy, and the entire electoral landscape.
Does the GOP get it yet? At least one Republican candidate does.
Kris Kobach, the former Bush administration national security/immigration enforcement official and constitutional lawyer, announced that he will run for Kansas Secretary of State last week. His prime motivation: stopping the ACORN racket.
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Kris Kobach wins court case defending the right of Nebraskans to use the popular initiative
Fremont Tribue
April 21, 2009
Fremont voters have gotten a green light for a special election to decide the fate of a proposed ordinance targeting illegal immigration.
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'Tea party' rally held at Statehouse
Topeka Capital - Journal
April 4, 2009
About 65 people gathered on the Statehouse grounds late Saturday morning for a “tea party” rally held to protest the recently approved federal stimulus package and a lack of action by the Legislature regarding illegal aliens in the state.
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Pickets question federal aid
Topeka Capital - Journal
March 18, 2009
The former chairman of the Kansas Republican Party and other promoters of state sovereignty Wednesday expressed reservations about provisions of the federal stimulus bill tying the hands of Kansas government.
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Budget Woes Linked To How Justices Are Chosen
Wichita Eagle
Kansas' 2009 legislative session has been dominated thus far by the budget crisis, which is hardly
surprising. But all of that attention on the shrinking coffers has overshadowed an equally important, and
related, debate -- whether Kansas should change its method of selecting state Supreme Court justices.
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In Reversal, Courts Uphold Immigration Laws
New York Times
February 10, 2008
After groups challenging state and local laws cracking down on illegal immigration won a series of high profile legal victories last year, the tide has shifted as federal judges recently handed down several equally significant decisions upholding those laws.
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