Washington Examiner-3 hours ago
Kyl said he held multiple conversations Ducey last week about his future. "He and I have had ... Doug Ducey's chief of staff resigns, sparking Senate speculation].
It's time - way overdue - to do exactly that in a new federal lawsuit where the plaintiff voters and other citizens of Arizona are represented by Michael Kielsky of Udall Shumway in Mesa, Arizona and Thomas Geoghegan of Despres, Schwartz and Geoghegan in Chicago. Kyl, who served in the Senate from 1995 until his retirement in 2013, has already said he would not run in the 2020 election. He is only the sixth former senator to be appointed back into the Senate. He is also listed as a defendant.
AZ Governor Faces Federal Lawsuit Over Senate Appointee
by Jon Parton |
Citing the 17th Amendment, the lawsuit says, “the state legislature has no authority to mandate that a temporary appointee shall serve in lieu of or in preference to a Senator directly elected by the people, beyond any period necessary to hold an orderly election. The state legislature may not substitute its own choice or the Governor’s choice for a choice made by the people of the State.”
The complaint asks the court to order Gov. Ducey to hold an immediate election. As it currently stands, the state will not hold an election for the seat until the 2020 general election.
“As a result, plaintiff voters and other citizens of Arizona will be deprived of elected representation in the Senate for over [28] months, and will suffer irreparable injury from such a lengthy loss of elected representation in the United States Senate,” the lawsuit states. . . " Click here to continue
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