Johnson County 8 win their hearings against Phill Kline

[atommom]

Johnson County review panels have "failed to uphold" District Attorney Phill Kline's decision to fire eight employees within hours of taking office.

That word comes today via the Kansas City Star's Prime Buzz Blog (registration required) and a federal court filing by the lawyer representing the seven attorneys and one staff member Kline fired in January. The filing also notes that the staff members have either found other employment or are not going to seek reinstatement with the DA's office.

What this appears to mean is that the federal court case filed by the fired staff will continue against Kline. If the Johnson County Eight's attorney is successful in his argument, this may also mean that Kline can't argue in federal court that the "dismissals were proper."

So far, I can only find the pdf of the filing on Prime Buzz. Since that blog is off limits to most folks (and very expensive after a 2-week trial period), I'll quote from the filing liberally below.

http://hopeandpolitics.blogspot.com/2007/03/kansas-hearings-fail-to-uphold-phill.html

[Fovea]

1. Seems like a the Gonzo problem writ small

And I hope Kline gets slammed.

[Mabus]

2. As goes Kansas (Kline)

let's hope it goes the same for the USA (Gonzales). :evilgrin:

Political partisanship comes back and bites the Kansas GOP in the ass - again!