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=<div>=</div><div>an ah 2 23</div><div>"</div><h1 class="widgetheadline h1" style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(31, 31, 31); cursor: pointer; overflow-wrap: break-word; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a class="widgetheadline-text custom-post-headline rm-stats-tracked" href="https://www.alternet.org/2022/11/we-are-done-with-you-kansas-republicans-turn-on-each-other-following-democratic-governors-reelection" aria-label="'We are done with you': Kansas Republicans turn on each other following Democratic governor’s reelection" data-type="text" style="color: rgb(49, 49, 49); text-decoration-line: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; word-break: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; font-size: 18px; line-height: 25px;">We are done with you': Kansas Republicans turn on each other following Democratic governor’s reelection</a></h1><div class="social-author clearfix" style="zoom: 1; margin-top: 10px; display: inline-block; color: rgb(31, 31, 31); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 17.6px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a class="social-authorname rm-stats-tracked" href="https://www.alternet.org/author/alex-henderson" data-type="text" style="color: rgb(31, 31, 31); text-decoration-line: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s; overflow-wrap: break-word; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4; display: inline; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Cabin, sans-serif;">Alex Henderson</a></div><div class="social-date" style="margin-top: 8px; display: inline-block; color: rgb(164, 162, 160); font-size: 1.4rem; vertical-align: top; font-family: Helvetica; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> November 18, 2022</div><div class="body js-expandable clearfix js-listicle-body css-listicle-body-2658703305" style="zoom: 1; margin-top: 10px; font-size: 17px; color: rgb(49, 49, 49); line-height: 31px; font-family: Cabin, sans-serif; display: -webkit-box; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; -webkit-line-clamp: 4; -webkit-box-orient: vertical; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div class="body-description">One of the many disappointments that Republicans suffered in the 2022 midterms came when incumbent Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly was reelected and narrowly defeated Republican nominee Derek Schmidt...</div></div><div>
</div><div>=</div>=team redAG INDIVIDUAL SUM: $2,871,208An examination of industry donations to the Republican Attorneys General who have joined the lawsuitagainst the Clean Power Plan. Republican Attorneys General who were appointed or do not havecampaign contribution records are excluded.1. Alabama – Luther Strange 13$314,7882. Arizona - Mark Brnovich$11,0003. Arkansas – Leslie Rutledge$32,8754. Colorado – Cynthia Coffman$22,8285. Florida – Pam Bondi$26,3506. Georgia – Sam Olens$43,9257. Indiana – Greg Zoeller$28,2008. Kansas – Derek Schmidt$129,7379. Louisiana – Buddy Caldwell 13$98,64210. Michigan – Bill Schuette 13$172,241=<div style="">=</div><div style="">Six red states — </div><div style="">
</div><div style="">Arkansas, </div><div class="elementor-element elementor-element-b79aec5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info" data-id="b79aec5" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="post-info.default" style="box-sizing: border-box; --flex-direction: initial; --flex-wrap: initial; --justify-content: initial; --align-items: initial; --align-content: initial; --gap: initial; --flex-basis: initial; --flex-grow: initial; --flex-shrink: initial; --order: initial; --align-self: initial; -webkit-box-orient: vertical; -webkit-box-direction: normal; flex-direction: var(--flex-direction); flex-wrap: var(--flex-wrap); -webkit-box-pack: var(--justify-content); justify-content: var(--justify-content); -webkit-box-align: var(--align-items); align-items: var(--align-items); align-content: var(--align-content); gap: var(--gap); flex-basis: var(--flex-basis); -webkit-box-flex: var(--flex-grow); flex-grow: var(--flex-grow); flex-shrink: var(--flex-shrink); -webkit-box-ordinal-group: var(--order); 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word-break: break-word;">SEPTEMBER 29, 2022  HTTPS://ARKANSASAG.GOV/</li></ul></div></div><div class="elementor-element elementor-element-84f47e5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-content" data-id="84f47e5" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="theme-post-content.default" style="box-sizing: border-box; --flex-direction: initial; --flex-wrap: initial; --justify-content: initial; --align-items: initial; --align-content: initial; --gap: initial; --flex-basis: initial; --flex-grow: initial; --flex-shrink: initial; --order: initial; --align-self: initial; -webkit-box-orient: vertical; -webkit-box-direction: normal; flex-direction: var(--flex-direction); flex-wrap: var(--flex-wrap); -webkit-box-pack: var(--justify-content); justify-content: var(--justify-content); -webkit-box-align: var(--align-items); align-items: var(--align-items); align-content: var(--align-content); gap: var(--gap); flex-basis: var(--flex-basis); -webkit-box-flex: var(--flex-grow); flex-grow: var(--flex-grow); flex-shrink: var(--flex-shrink); -webkit-box-ordinal-group: var(--order); order: var(--order); align-self: var(--align-self); position: relative; --widgets-spacing:20px; width: 926px;"><div class="elementor-widget-container" style="box-sizing: border-box; transition: background 0.3s ease 0s, border 0.3s ease 0s, border-radius 0.3s ease 0s, box-shadow 0.3s ease 0s, -webkit-box-shadow 0.3s ease 0s;">Says, ‘Biden’s unlawful political play puts the self-wrought college-loan debt on the backs of millions of hardworking Americans’LITTLE ROCK— Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge today announced a <a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.govdelivery.com%2Fattachments%2FARAG%2F2022%2F09%2F29%2Ffile_attachments%2F2283559%2F09.29.22%2520Complaint%2520-%2520Neb.%2520v.%2520Biden%2520Student%2520Loan.pdf&data=05%7C01%7CRusty.Jackson%40arkansasag.gov%7C594789747a8b4c13146a08daa2364328%7Ceef6aa1228954d4a89444f330cc0317d%7C0%7C0%7C638000651322660317%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=4E4R9p%2BfW1eLelJ4cOC7QcM3svlk0G6OJyQzQXR7T00%3D&reserved=0" target="blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none; box-sizing: border-box; box-shadow: none;">lawsuit against President Joe Biden, Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona and the U.S. Department of Education for</a><a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.govdelivery.com%2Fattachments%2FARAG%2F2022%2F09%2F29%2Ffile_attachments%2F2283559%2F09.29.22%2520Complaint%2520-%2520Neb.%2520v.%2520Biden%2520Student%2520Loan.pdf&data=05%7C01%7CRusty.Jackson%40arkansasag.gov%7C594789747a8b4c13146a08daa2364328%7Ceef6aa1228954d4a89444f330cc0317d%7C0%7C0%7C638000651322660317%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=4E4R9p%2BfW1eLelJ4cOC7QcM3svlk0G6OJyQzQXR7T00%3D&reserved=0" target="blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none; box-sizing: border-box; box-shadow: none;"> violating federal law when the Biden Administration attempted to categorically cancel student loan debt in August</a>. The suit alleges that Biden violated federal law, the constitutional principle of separation of powers and the Administrative Procedure Act when he skirted congressional authority to implement this policy.“President Biden’s unlawful political play puts the self-wrought college-loan debt on the backs of millions of hardworking Americans who are struggling to pay their utility bills and home loans in the midst of Biden’s inflation,” said Attorney General Leslie Rutledge. “President Biden does not have the power to arbitrarily erase the college debt of adults who chose to take out those loans.”The lawsuit highlights that President Biden knew he did not have the proper authority to authorize this type of executive action, which is why he attempted to work with Congress to find a legitimate and legal solution to the student loan crisis. After Congress routinely failed to pass legislation addressing the issue, Biden attempted to unilaterally act far beyond the authority granted to him by the Constitution. This action will result in approximately half a trillion dollars in losses to the federal treasury and contribute to the already rampant inflation the nation is experiencing.  The Democrat Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, summarized it best when she said, “people think the President of the United States has the power for debt forgiveness. He does not.” Joining Arkansas in the suit are the states of: Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and South Carolina.</div></div><div style="">
</div><div style="">Iowa,  <a href="https://www.iowaattorneygeneral.gov/about-us/about-attorney-general-tom-miller" rel="noopener" target="self" data-testid="result-extras-url-link" class="Rn_JXVtoPVAFyGkcaXyK" data-handled-by-react="true" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: inherit; outline: none; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; letter-spacing: var(--letter-spacing-result-url-main); white-space: nowrap; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Wo6ZAEmESLNUuWBkbMxx" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">https://www.iowaattorneygeneral.gov<span class="oaxCunrdbQs3WQDCq3Ls" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"> › about-us › about-attorney-general-tom-miller</a> DEMOCRAT GOV KIM REYNOLDS WACKO</div><div class="ikg2IXiCD14iVX7AdZo1" style="margin-top: calc(var(--px-in-rem)2.1024); margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: calc(var(--px-in-rem)4.09696); margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><h2 class="LnpumSThxEWMIsDdAT17 BrPN5UiFwJN5HlfRhga9 CXMyPcQ6nDv47DKFeywM" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: var(--line-height-result-title-main); vertical-align: baseline; letter-spacing: var(--letter-spacing-result-title-main); position: relative;"><a href="https://www.iowaattorneygeneral.gov/about-us/about-attorney-general-tom-miller" rel="noopener" target="self" class="eVNpHGjtxRBq_gLOfGDr LQNqh2U1kzYxREs65IJu" data-testid="result-title-a" data-handled-by-react="true" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: inherit; outline: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; display: block;"><span class="EKtkFWMYpwzMKOYr0GYm LQVY1Jpkk8nyJ6HBWKAk" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: top; display: inline-block; max-width: 100%; overflow: hidden; text-decoration: inherit; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;">About Attorney General Tom Miller | Iowa Attorney General</a></h2></div><div class="E2eLOJr8HctVnDOTM8fs" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="OgdwYG6KE2qthn9XQWFC" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: var(--line-height-result-snippet-main); vertical-align: baseline;">Attorney General Tom Miller is serving in his 10th four-year term as Attorney General of Iowa. He is the longest currently serving attorney general in the nation. He was born in Dubuque on August 11, 1944, the son of the late Elmer and Betty Miller.</div></div><div style="">
</div><div style="">Kansas, daca <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Schmidt" title="Derek Schmidt" style="text-decoration-line: none; outline: none; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Derek Schmidt</a> of Kansas,</div><div style="">
</div><div style="">Missouri,  <a href="https://ago.mo.gov/about-us/about-ag-schmitt" rel="noopener" target="self" data-testid="result-extras-url-link" class="Rn_JXVtoPVAFyGkcaXyK" data-handled-by-react="true" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: inherit; outline: none; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; letter-spacing: var(--letter-spacing-result-url-main); white-space: nowrap; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Wo6ZAEmESLNUuWBkbMxx" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">https://ago.mo.gov<span class="oaxCunrdbQs3WQDCq3Ls" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"> › about-us › about-ag-schmitt</a></div><div class="ikg2IXiCD14iVX7AdZo1" style="margin-top: calc(var(--px-in-rem)2.1024); margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: calc(var(--px-in-rem)4.09696); margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><h2 class="LnpumSThxEWMIsDdAT17 BrPN5UiFwJN5HlfRhga9 CXMyPcQ6nDv47DKFeywM" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: var(--line-height-result-title-main); vertical-align: baseline; letter-spacing: var(--letter-spacing-result-title-main); position: relative;"><a href="https://ago.mo.gov/about-us/about-ag-schmitt" rel="noopener" target="self" class="eVNpHGjtxRBq_gLOfGDr LQNqh2U1kzYxREs65IJu" data-testid="result-title-a" data-handled-by-react="true" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: inherit; outline: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; display: block;"><span class="EKtkFWMYpwzMKOYr0GYm LQVY1Jpkk8nyJ6HBWKAk" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: top; display: inline-block; max-width: 100%; overflow: hidden; text-decoration: inherit; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;">Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt</a></h2></div><div class="E2eLOJr8HctVnDOTM8fs" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="OgdwYG6KE2qthn9XQWFC" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: var(--line-height-result-snippet-main); vertical-align: baseline;">Eric Schmitt was sworn in as the 43rd Attorney General for the State of Missouri on January 3, 2019. As Attorney General, Eric is focused on keeping Missouri families safe and upholding the rule of law. As the lawyer for all six million Missourians, Eric is fighting each and every day to protect opportunities for the next generation.</div></div><div style="">
</div><div style="">Nebraska, </div><div class="OQ_6vPwNhCeusNiEDcGp" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; display: flex; flex-grow: 0;"><div class="mwuQiMOjmFJ5vmN6Vcqw B433VpEfaxl6n8VNRUDy NvMwcsUp56q4W2Z_b8E7 hAeZQDlu0XXeGwL7U722 SgSTKoqQXa0tEszD2zWF LQVY1Jpkk8nyJ6HBWKAk" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: var(--line-height-result-url-main); vertical-align: baseline; display: inline-block; max-width: 100%; overflow: hidden; text-decoration: inherit; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: var(--letter-spacing-result-url-main);"><a href="https://ago.nebraska.gov/ag-peterson" rel="noopener" target="self" data-testid="result-extras-url-link" class="Rn_JXVtoPVAFyGkcaXyK" data-handled-by-react="true" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: inherit; outline: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Wo6ZAEmESLNUuWBkbMxx" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">https://ago.nebraska.gov<span class="oaxCunrdbQs3WQDCq3Ls" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"> › ag-peterson</a></div></div><div class="ikg2IXiCD14iVX7AdZo1" style="margin-top: calc(var(--px-in-rem)2.1024); margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: calc(var(--px-in-rem)4.09696); margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><h2 class="LnpumSThxEWMIsDdAT17 BrPN5UiFwJN5HlfRhga9 CXMyPcQ6nDv47DKFeywM" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: var(--line-height-result-title-main); vertical-align: baseline; letter-spacing: var(--letter-spacing-result-title-main); position: relative;"><a href="https://ago.nebraska.gov/ag-peterson" rel="noopener" target="self" class="eVNpHGjtxRBq_gLOfGDr LQNqh2U1kzYxREs65IJu" data-testid="result-title-a" data-handled-by-react="true" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: inherit; outline: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; display: block;"><span class="EKtkFWMYpwzMKOYr0GYm LQVY1Jpkk8nyJ6HBWKAk" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: top; display: inline-block; max-width: 100%; overflow: hidden; text-decoration: inherit; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;">AG Peterson | Nebraska Attorney General Doug Peterson</a></h2></div><div style="">Attorney General Doug Peterson - To serve the citizens of Nebraska and Nebraska's elected officials with fidelity to our U.S. Constitution, State Constitution, and Nebraska law.and </div><div style="">
</div><div style="">South Carolina</div><div style=""><div class="OQ_6vPwNhCeusNiEDcGp" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; display: flex; flex-grow: 0;"><div class="mwuQiMOjmFJ5vmN6Vcqw B433VpEfaxl6n8VNRUDy NvMwcsUp56q4W2Z_b8E7 hAeZQDlu0XXeGwL7U722 SgSTKoqQXa0tEszD2zWF LQVY1Jpkk8nyJ6HBWKAk" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: var(--line-height-result-url-main); vertical-align: baseline; display: inline-block; max-width: 100%; overflow: hidden; text-decoration: inherit; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: var(--letter-spacing-result-url-main);"><a href="https://ag.jasonfoundation.com/sc/" rel="noopener" target="self" data-testid="result-extras-url-link" class="Rn_JXVtoPVAFyGkcaXyK" data-handled-by-react="true" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: inherit; outline: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Wo6ZAEmESLNUuWBkbMxx" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">https://ag.jasonfoundation.com<span class="oaxCunrdbQs3WQDCq3Ls" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"> › sc</a></div></div><div class="ikg2IXiCD14iVX7AdZo1" style="margin-top: calc(var(--px-in-rem)2.1024); margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: calc(var(--px-in-rem)4.09696); margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><h2 class="LnpumSThxEWMIsDdAT17 BrPN5UiFwJN5HlfRhga9 CXMyPcQ6nDv47DKFeywM" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: var(--line-height-result-title-main); vertical-align: baseline; letter-spacing: var(--letter-spacing-result-title-main); position: relative;"><a href="https://ag.jasonfoundation.com/sc/" rel="noopener" target="self" class="eVNpHGjtxRBq_gLOfGDr LQNqh2U1kzYxREs65IJu" data-testid="result-title-a" data-handled-by-react="true" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: inherit; outline: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; display: block;"><span class="EKtkFWMYpwzMKOYr0GYm LQVY1Jpkk8nyJ6HBWKAk" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: top; display: inline-block; max-width: 100%; overflow: hidden; text-decoration: inherit; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;">South Carolina Attorney General - Alan Wilson - AG</a></h2></div><div class="E2eLOJr8HctVnDOTM8fs" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="OgdwYG6KE2qthn9XQWFC" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: var(--line-height-result-snippet-main); vertical-align: baseline;">South Carolina Attorney General - Alan Wilson. Youth suicide is the 2nd leading cause of death for our young people ages 10-24 in our nation and 3rd in South Carolina today. In South Carolina, the 2013 CDC's Youth Risk Behavioral Survey reported over ONE out of every EIGHT of our youth "seriously considered" suicide and that over ONE out ...</div></div></div><div style="">
</div><div style=""> — are suing the administration of Democratic President Joe Biden over Biden’s plan to cancel up to $20,000 in student loan debt for individuals making less than $125,000 a year.</div><div style="">=</div>-=WASHINGTON--President Barack Obama’s new push against climate change may resistance from Republican-led state governments.

Obama on Tuesday announced his long-term climate change <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/share/climate-action-plan" target="hplink">plan</a> that will include<a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/06/25/remarks-president-climate-change" target="hplink"> regulations on coal-fired power plants</a>.

Some states are likely to resist -- a continuation of long-running

fight between Obama and Republican governors, state legislatures and

attorneys general on a variety of issues.

"In some of these states, there's just going to be a sort of

reflexive, anti-Obama response," Sean Kelly, a political science

professor at California State University Channel Islands told The

Huffington Post. "They'll go to court. Some attorney general will see an

opportunity."

Still, Kelly said Environmental Protection Agency regulations on

power plant emissions probably will be difficult for states to obstruct

because of a Supreme Court ruling that gave the executive branch a

mandate to enforce the Clean Air Act.

Some state attorneys general have already weighed in on the climate

fight. Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt signed onto a legal brief

urging the Supreme Court to take up a case that challenges existing EPA

greenhouse gas regulations. Other attorneys general, including <a href="http://news.heartland.org/newspaper-article/2013/06/11/attorneys-general-warn-epa-over-sue-and-settle-fracking-regulations" target="hplink">Scott Pruitt</a> from Oklahoma, <a href="http://newsok.com/states-including-oklahoma-urge-epa-to-stay-out-of-oil-field-emission-regulation/article/3806240" target="hplink">have asked</a>

the federal government to grant states more authority to regulate

natural gas drilling, or fracking. Texas' attorney general Greg Abbott, <a href="https://www.oag.state.tx.us/newspubs/releases/2013/041913_texas_v_epa.pdf" target="_hplink">has petitioned</a> the Supreme Court to take up his federal lawsuit challenging EPA's authority to regulate pollution.

In states with large coal mining industries, the proposals have

proven controversial as well. West Virginia Attorney General Patrick

Morrisey (R)<a href="http://wvrecord.com/news/s-4684-state-attorney-general/260856-ag-morrisey-vows-to-inspect-legality-of-obamas-climate-change-plan"> Obama's proposals will plunge his state into "an abyss of poverty." Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett (R) </a><a href="http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2013/06/25/corbett-calls-obamas-climate-change-proposal-a-war-on-coal-and-jobs/"> the plan a "war on jobs."</a><a href="http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2013/06/25/corbett-calls-obamas-climate-change-proposal-a-war-on-coal-and-jobs/">

</a><a href="http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2013/06/25/corbett-calls-obamas-climate-change-proposal-a-war-on-coal-and-jobs/">"People are rejecting science," said Wisconsin state Rep. Fred Clark

(D-Baraboo). "Just two weeks ago, I got a book in the mail, along with

every other (state) legislator, funded by the Heartland Institute that

basically tries to debunk the notion of climate change and claim that

it's just part of a natural cycle." The Heartland Institute, a

conservative think tank partly funded by oil and tobacco companies,

denies global warming and the health effects of secondhand cigarette

smoke.</a>

Clark said he has trouble convincing his Republican colleagues to

view climate change as human-caused. In other states, including Missouri

and Kansas, Republican-controlled legislatures recently have adopted a

mixed bag of resolutions resisting federal and international

recommendations for environmental policy.

<a href="http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2013/06/25/corbett-calls-obamas-climate-change-proposal-a-war-on-coal-and-jobs/">Kansas state House Energy and Environment Committee Chairman Dennis Hedke (R-Wichita), led efforts in his state </a><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/11/agenda-21-kansas-un-sustainability_n_1507823.html" target="hplink">to oppose</a> the United Nations’ sustainability program, known as Agenda 21, along with <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/09/kansas-sustainable-development_n_3045118.html" target="hplink">banning sustainability</a> in the state.

Hedke, a trained geophysicist who considers himself an

environmentalist, told HuffPost he believes EPA regulations on energy

producers are hurting businesses and families because of skyrocketing

electricity bills. He also said the science used to promote policy is

deeply flawed.

Existing EPA regulations have increased electricity costs in Kansas

up to 60 percent in the last five years, Hedke said. Kansas' electricity

costs are still 18 percent less expensive than the national average,

according to an Institute for Energy Research <a href="http://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/states/kansas/" target="_hplink">fact sheet. </a>

While Obama is likely to take action with executive power rather than

legislation, Hedke and his counterparts in other states will have fewer

options to resist. Nevertheless, they plan to fight back against the

EPA and Obama.

"The EPA is just out of control. There's no other way to put it. And

I'm going to fight the EPA with every fiber of my being for as long as I

live," Hedke said. "We will take steps in the state of Kansas to try to

push back on their unbelievable overreach and attempt to control the

lives of Kansans and the people of the United States of America." ===
birther?
Kansas, now. (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/13/obama-birther-kansas_n_1880957.html?utm_hp_ref=elections-2012)

Kansas officials plan to hold a hearing Thursday afternoon to weigh

whether President Barack Obama is a citizen and should appear on the

state's November ballot.

The Kansas Objections Board will be considering a challenge filed by Joe

Montgomery, a Manhattan resident, who Monday objected to Obama being on

the ballot. He claims the president is not an American citizen since

his father was a citizen of the United Kingdom and Kenya. The

all-Republican board -- which consists of Secretary of State Kris

Kobach, Lt. Gov. Jeff Colyer and Attorney General Derek Schmidt -- has

the power to remove Obama from the ballot in his mother's home state.

Montgomery, the communications coordinator for the College of Veterinary

Medicine at Kansas State University, said in his filing that he does

not believe Obama meets the criteria for citizenship because of his

father's citizenship. He cites several Supreme Court rulings in the

filing, which he says validate his argument. In the filing, Montgomery

said that the rulings show a "natural born citizen" is a person born of

two American citizens.

Update on the above: Even after today's hearing, the board "wants more

information."

(http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2012/sep/13/state-panel-wants-more-information-ruling-obamas-b/)

The president released a copy of his long-form birth certificate last

year, and Hawaii officials have verified his citizenship repeatedly.

But the Kansas board — made up of Secretary of State Kris Kobach,

Attorney General Derek Schmidt and Lt. Gov. Jeff Colyer — said Thursday

it wants certified documents from Hawaii and two other states where

similar questions about Obama's citizenship have been raised.

The board plans to meet again Monday and may rule then.

Even though those "certified documents" would have nothing to do with

the legal/constitutional theory before them, which is based on Obama's

father's nationality. :confused:
===
wikipedia
Derek Schmidt is the 44th and current <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas_Attorney_General" title="Kansas Attorney General">Attorney General of Kansas</a>. Schmidt previously served as member of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas_Senate" title="Kansas Senate">Kansas Senate</a>, representing the 15th district, and as Senate <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Majority_Leader" title="Majority Leader" class="mw-redirect">Majority Leader</a>. Before serving in the legislature, he was Special Counsel to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas_Governor" title="Kansas Governor" class="mw-redirect">Governor</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Graves" title="Bill Graves">Bill Graves</a>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Schmidt#cite_note-campaign-1">[1]</a>

Schmidt defeated former attorney general, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_%28United_States%29" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democrat</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Six" title="Stephen Six">Stephen Six</a> in the November 2010 elections.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Schmidt#cite_note-2">[2]</a> Schmidt resigned his Senate seat upon taking office as attorney general.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Schmidt#cite_note-3">[3]</a>

<h2>Contents</h2>

</div>

<ul><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Schmidt#Early_life_and_career">1 Early life and career</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Schmidt#Legislative_career">2 Legislative career</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Schmidt#Major_donors">3 Major donors</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Schmidt#As_Attorney_General">4 As Attorney General</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Schmidt#References">5 References</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Schmidt#External_links">6 External links</a></li></ul>

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<h2>Early life and career</h2>

Derek Larkin Schmidt was born on January 23, 1968 in Independence, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas" title="Kansas">Kansas</a>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Schmidt#cite_note-Official-4">[4]</a> Schmidt is the only child of Barbara Schmidt and Bill Schmidt.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Schmidt#cite_note-Official-4">[4]</a> He attended the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Kansas" title="University of Kansas">University of Kansas</a> where he received a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">BA</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journalism" title="Journalism">Journalism</a>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Schmidt#cite_note-Official-4">[4]</a> Schmidt went overseas to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> where at the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Leicester" title="University of Leicester">University of Leicester</a> he obtained his <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masters_degree" title="Masters degree" class="mw-redirect">Masters</a> in International Politics.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Schmidt#cite_note-KU-5">[5]</a> He went on to attend <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgetown_University_Law_Center" title="Georgetown University Law Center">Georgetown University Law Center</a> (GULC) where Schmidt received his <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juris_Doctor" title="Juris Doctor">Juris Doctor</a>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Schmidt#cite_note-KU-5">[5]</a> While attending classes at GULC, Schmidt served as an assistant first to former <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senator" title="United States Senator" class="mw-redirect">United States Senator</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Kassebaum" title="Nancy Kassebaum" class="mw-redirect">Nancy Kassebaum</a>, and then to Senator <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Hagel" title="Chuck Hagel">Chuck Hagel</a>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Schmidt#cite_note-campaign-1">[1]</a>

Following his graduation he served in several public official roles

including Assistant Attorney General of Kansas, and as Special Counsel

to the Governor of Kansas.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Schmidt#cite_note-campaign-1">[1]</a>

<h2>Legislative career</h2>

During his time in the Senate, Schmidt supported:<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Schmidt#cite_note-legislation-6">[6]</a>

<ul><li>Increased state funding for education</li><li>Increased eligibility of children for health care</li><li>Nuclear-powered energy</li><li>Tougher punishments for repeat felons</li><li>Legislative spending restraint</li><li>Repeal of a state ban on for-profit prisons <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Schmidt#cite_note-7">[7]</a></li></ul>

Legislation sponsored or co-sponsored by Schmidt included:<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Schmidt#cite_note-legislation-6">[6]</a>:

<ul><li>Senate Bill 584 to consolidate the food inspections agencies,</li><li>Senate Bill 531 to increase K-12 educational funding,</li><li>House Sub. for SB 81 to increase child health care,</li><li>Senate Bill 586 to create financial incentives for nuclear power plant expansion,</li><li>House Bill 2707 to create tougher punishments for three-time thieves,</li><li>Senate Sub. for HB 2006 to create incentives for the aviation industry</li></ul>

<h2>Major donors</h2>

The top contributors to Schmidt's 2008 Senate campaign, according to the National Institute on Money in State Politics:<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Schmidt#cite_note-8">[8]</a> Kansas Association of Realtors $2,000, Kansas Contractor's Association $1,500, Watco Industroes $1,500, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koch_Industries" title="Koch Industries">Koch Industries</a> $1,500, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas_Chamber_of_Commerce" title="Kansas Chamber of Commerce">Kansas Chamber of Commerce</a>

$1,500. Schmidt's attack on the incumbent, Steve Six, was based on the

latter's refusal to join with other states on appeal in support of the

plaintiff in the proceedings in which the state of Florida case

challenged constitutionality of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affordable_Care_Act" title="Affordable Care Act" class="mw-redirect">Affordable Care Act</a>.

<h2>As Attorney General</h2>

One of Schmidt's first acts attorney general for Kansas was to join the states that oppose the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patient_Protection_and_Affordable_Care_Act" title="Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act">Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act</a> on constitutional grounds in the case of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_et_al_v.United_States_Department_of_Health_and_Human_Services" title="Florida et al v. United States Department of Health and Human Services" class="mw-redirect">Florida et al v. United States Department of Health and Human Services</a>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Schmidt#cite_note-9">[9]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Schmidt#cite_note-10">[10]</a> Florida, Kansas and the other 24 states that joined the suit, along with the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Federation_of_Independent_Business" title="National Federation of Independent Business">National Federation of Independent Business</a> and two individual plaintiffs, lost the case in a 5-4 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S.Supreme_Court" title="U.S. Supreme Court" class="mw-redirect">U.S. Supreme Court</a> decision.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Schmidt#cite_note-11">[11]</a>

<h2>References</h2>

<ol class="references"><li id="cite_note-campaign-1">^ <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Schmidt#cite_ref-campaign_1-0">a</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Schmidt#cite_ref-campaign_1-1">b</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Schmidt#cite_ref-campaign_1-2">c</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.derekschmidt.org/content/about-derek">Campaign website biography</a></li><li id="cite_note-2"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Schmidt#cite_ref-2">^{</a></span}> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://cjonline.com/news/state/2010-11-02/schmidt_ousts_six_in_ag_race">Schmidt ousts Six in AG race, Topeka Capital-Journal, 2 November 2010</a></li><li id="cite_note-3"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Schmidt#cite_ref-3">^{</a></span}> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://twitter.com/#%21/KansasSOS/status/4563979531718656">Kansas Secretary of State Official Twitter Feed</a></li><li id="cite_note-Official-4">^ <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Schmidt#cite_ref-Official_4-0">a</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Schmidt#cite_ref-Official_4-1">b</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Schmidt#cite_ref-Official_4-2">c</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nvo.com/dschmidt/derekschmidtbiography/">"Derek Schmidt Profile"</a>. Retrieved 2007-12-10.<span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADerek+Schmidt&rft.btitle=Derek+Schmidt+Profile&rft.genre=book&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nvo.com%2Fdschmidt%2Fderekschmidtbiography%2F&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook" class="Z3988">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot">dead link</a>]</li><li id="cite_note-KU-5">^ <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Schmidt#cite_ref-KU_5-0">a</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Schmidt#cite_ref-KU_5-1">b</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.news.ku.edu/2006/january/26/simons.shtml">"Hall Center selects state Sen. Derek Schmidt as first Simons Fellow"</a>. Retrieved 2007-12-10.<span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADerek+Schmidt&rft.btitle=Hall+Center+selects+state+Sen.+Derek+Schmidt+as+first+Simons+Fellow&rft.genre=book&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.news.ku.edu%2F2006%2Fjanuary%2F26%2Fsimons.shtml&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook" class="Z3988" /></li><li id="cite_note-legislation-6">^ <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Schmidt#cite_ref-legislation_6-0">a</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Schmidt#cite_ref-legislation_6-1">b</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nvo.com/dschmidt/copyof1/">Derek Schmidt's website</a></li><li id="cite_note-7"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Schmidt#cite_ref-7">^{</a></span}> Carpenter, Tim <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://cjonline.com/news/state/2010-10-22/ag_nominees_tangle_on_records">"AG Nominees Tangle on Records"</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topeka_Capital-Journal" title="Topeka Capital-Journal" class="mw-redirect">Topeka Capital-Journal</a>. 21 October 2010. Retrieved 2 March 2013.</li><li id="cite_note-8"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Schmidt#cite_ref-8">^{</a></span}> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=108155">Derek Schmidt 2008 campaign contributions</a></li><li id="cite_note-9"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Schmidt#cite_ref-9">^{</a></span}> Schmidt, Derek (2011-01-12). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/news/2011/01/12/full-text-kansas-attorney-general.html">"Full text: Kansas Attorney General Schmidt's letter about health care reform"</a>. Kansas City Business Journal. Retrieved 2011-02-11.

"The Act’s mandate that all citizens and legal residents of the United

States maintain qualifying healthcare coverage or pay a penalty (the

individual mandate) is an unprecedented attempt to expand federal power

that would encroach on the sovereignty of the State of Kansas and on the

rights of our citizens."<span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADerek+Schmidt&rft.atitle=Full+text%3A+Kansas+Attorney+General+Schmidt%27s+letter+about+health+care+reform&rft.aufirst=Derek&rft.aulast=Schmidt&rft.au=Schmidt%2C+Derek&rft.date=2011-01-12&rft.genre=article&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bizjournals.com%2Fkansascity%2Fnews%2F2011%2F01%2F12%2Ffull-text-kansas-attorney-general.html&rft.jtitle=Kansas+City+Business+Journal&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal" class="Z3988" /></li><li id="cite_note-10"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Schmidt#cite_ref-10">^{</a></span}> Klepper, David (2011-01-12). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.kansascity.com/2011/01/12/2580237/kansas-wants-in-on-health-care.html">"Kansas wants in on health care lawsuit"</a>. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas_City_Star" title="Kansas City Star" class="mw-redirect">Kansas City Star</a>. Retrieved 2011-02-11.

"The letter, addressed to Florida’s attorney general, asks permission

to join the 20 states that are suing the federal government over the

law."<span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADerek+Schmidt&rft.atitle=Kansas+wants+in+on+health+care+lawsuit&rft.aufirst=David&rft.au=Klepper%2C+David&rft.aulast=Klepper&rft.date=2011-01-12&rft.genre=article&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kansascity.com%2F2011%2F01%2F12%2F2580237%2Fkansas-wants-in-on-health-care.html&rft.jtitle=Kansas+City+Star&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal" class="Z3988" /></li><li id="cite_note-11"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Schmidt#cite_ref-11">^{</a></span}> P. 39–50, slip op., National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius, U.S. Sup. Ct. (June 28, 2012). Retrieved 2 March 2013.</li></ol>

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<h2>External links</h2>

<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ksag.org">Official website of Attorney General Derek Schmidt</a></li><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=34451">Project Vote Smart profile</a></li><li>Follow the Money campaign contributions

</li><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.derekschmidt.com/">Sen. Schmidt's website</a></li><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.derekschmidt.org/">Attorney General Campaign website</a></li></ul>
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      <font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.derekschmidt.org/news/2011/09/19/schmidt-challenges-epa-rule-emissions" title="Schmidt challenges EPA rule on emissions ">Schmidt challenges EPA rule on emissions </a>
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    <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">From the Topeka Capital-Journal:</font><br/>

Attorney General Derek Schmidt has asked a federal appeals court to

block environmental regulations set to take effect Jan. 1, saying there

isn’t enough time for the state’s utilities to comply.

<a class="external" href="http://cjonline.com/news/2011-09-19/schmidt-challenges-epa-rule-emissions">Continue reading.</a>

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      <font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.derekschmidt.org/news/2011/01/12/attorney-general-derek-schmidt-asks-florida-attorney-general-allow-kansas-join-lawsu" title="Attorney General Derek Schmidt asks Florida Attorney General to allow Kansas to join lawsuit against Obamacare">Attorney General Derek Schmidt asks Florida Attorney General to allow Kansas to join lawsuit against Obamacare</a>
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    <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">TOPEKA -- (January 12, 2011) -- Attorney General Derek Schmidt

today sent a letter to Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi requesting

that Kansas be allowed to join the multi-state lawsuit challenging the

constitutionality of the Obama/Pelosi health care law.

Schmidt, who was sworn in Monday as attorney general, said joining

this lawsuit will be one of his first official acts as attorney general.

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Electric Utilities</td><td class="text-center"><a href="http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=108155" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">SCHMIDT, DEREK</a></td><td class="text-center">HAYS, KS</td><td class="text-right">$750</td><td class="text-right">07/11/2008</td></tr><tr class="grey1"><td><a href="http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/contributor.phtml?d=1417430739" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">EXXONMOBIL</a>
Oil & Gas</td><td class="text-center"><a href="http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=108155">SCHMIDT, DEREK</a></td><td class="text-center">HOUSTON, TX</td><td class="text-right">$700</td><td class="text-right">10/10/2008</td></tr><tr class="grey2"><td><a href="http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/contributor.phtml?d=1417429885">KANSAS DENTAL ASSOCIATION</a>
Health Professionals</td><td class="text-center"><a href="http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=108155">SCHMIDT, DEREK</a></td><td class="text-center">TOPEKA, KS</td><td class="text-right">$700</td><td class="text-right">10/04/2008</td></tr><tr class="grey1"><td><a href="http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/contributor.phtml?d=1417429601">INTEREST INCOME</a>
Interest Income</td><td class="text-center"><a href="http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=108155">SCHMIDT, DEREK</a></td><td class="text-center">IDEPENDENCE, KS</td><td class="text-right">$585</td><td class="text-right">10/23/2008</td></tr><tr class="grey2"><td><a href="http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/contributor.phtml?d=1417429601">INTEREST INCOME</a>
Interest Income</td><td class="text-center"><a href="http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=108155">SCHMIDT, DEREK</a></td><td class="text-center">INDEPENDENCE, KS</td><td class="text-right">$546</td><td class="text-right">12/31/2008</td></tr><tr class="grey1"><td><a href="http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/contributor.phtml?d=1417432433">ALL STATE INSURANCE CO PAC</a>
Uncoded</td><td class="text-center"><a href="http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=108155">SCHMIDT, DEREK</a></td><td class="text-center">NORTHBROOK, IL</td><td class="text-right">$500</td><td class="text-right">10/16/2008</td></tr><tr class="grey2"><td><a href="http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/contributor.phtml?d=1417430627">AMERICAN FAMILY INSURANCE</a>
Insurance</td><td class="text-center"><a href="http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=108155">SCHMIDT, DEREK</a></td><td class="text-center">TOPEKA, KS</td><td class="text-right">$500</td><td class="text-right">10/10/2008</td></tr><tr class="grey1"><td><a href="http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/contributor.phtml?d=1417429648">ANDERSON FINANCIAL SERVICES DBA LOANMAX</a>
Payday/Title Loans</td><td class="text-center"><a href="http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=108155">SCHMIDT, DEREK</a></td><td class="text-center">SALINA, KS</td><td class="text-right">$500</td><td class="text-right">10/22/2008</td></tr><tr class="grey2"><td><a href="http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/contributor.phtml?d=1417429874">ASH GROVE CEMENT</a>
Building Materials & Equipment</td><td class="text-center"><a href="http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=108155">SCHMIDT, DEREK</a></td><td class="text-center">OVERLAND PARK, KS</td><td class="text-right">$500</td><td class="text-right">11/10/2008</td></tr><tr class="grey1"><td><a href="http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/contributor.phtml?d=1417429982">ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS OF KANSAS</a>
General Contractors</td><td class="text-center"><a href="http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=108155">SCHMIDT, DEREK</a></td><td class="text-center">TOPEKA, KS</td><td class="text-right">$500</td><td class="text-right">10/10/2008</td></tr><tr class="grey2"><td><a href="http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/contributor.phtml?d=1417430661">ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS OF KANSAS CITY</a>
General Contractors</td><td class="text-center"><a href="http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=108155">SCHMIDT, DEREK</a></td><td class="text-center">KANSAS CITY, MO</td><td class="text-right">$500</td><td class="text-right">10/10/2008</td></tr><tr class="grey1"><td><a href="http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/contributor.phtml?d=1417430726">ATT KANSAS PAC</a>
Uncoded</td><td class="text-center"><a href="http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=108155" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">SCHMIDT, DEREK</a></td><td class="text-center">TOPEKA, KS</td><td class="text-right">$500</td><td class="text-right">10/16/2008</td></tr><tr class="grey2"><td><a href="http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/contributor.phtml?d=1417429927">BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF KANSAS CITY</a>
Insurance</td><td class="text-center"><a href="http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=108155">SCHMIDT, DEREK</a></td><td class="text-center">KANSAS CITY, MO</td><td class="text-right">$500</td><td class="text-right">10/22/2008</td></tr><tr class="grey1"><td><a href="http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/contributor.phtml?d=1417429927">BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF KANSAS CITY</a>
Insurance</td><td class="text-center"><a href="http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=108155">SCHMIDT, DEREK</a></td><td class="text-center">KANSAS CITY, MO</td><td class="text-right">$500</td><td class="text-right">12/17/2007</td></tr><tr class="grey2"><td><a href="http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/contributor.phtml?d=1417431901">BLUECROSS BLUESHIELD OF KANSAS</a>
Uncoded</td><td class="text-center"><a href="http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=108155">SCHMIDT, DEREK</a></td><td class="text-center">TOPEKA, KS</td><td class="text-right">$500</td><td class="text-right">10/06/2008</td></tr><tr class="grey1"><td><a href="http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/contributor.phtml?d=1417429526">BNSF RAILWAY</a>
Railroads</td><td class="text-center"><a href="http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=108155" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">SCHMIDT, DEREK</a></td><td class="text-center">FORT WORTH, TX</td><td class="text-right">$500</td><td class="text-right">09/15/2008</td></tr><tr class="grey2"><td><a href="http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/contributor.phtml?d=1417430062">BP NORTH AMERICA</a>
Oil & Gas</td><td class="text-center"><a href="http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=108155">SCHMIDT, DEREK</a></td><td class="text-center">WARRENVILLE, IL</td><td class="text-right">$500</td><td class="text-right">10/15/2007</td></tr><tr class="grey1"><td><a href="http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/contributor.phtml?d=1417432432">CAFER LAW OFFICE LLC</a>
Lawyers & Lobbyists</td><td class="text-center"><a href="http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=108155">SCHMIDT, DEREK</a></td><td class="text-center">TOPEKA, KS</td><td class="text-right">$500</td><td class="text-right">10/10/2008</td></tr><tr class="grey2"><td><a href="http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/contributor.phtml?d=1417432431">COMMUNITY BANKERS ASSOCIATION</a>
Commercial Banks</td><td class="text-center"><a href="http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=108155">SCHMIDT, DEREK</a></td><td class="text-center">TOPEKA, KS</td><td class="text-right">$500</td><td class="text-right">12/17/2007</td></tr><tr class="grey1"><td><a href="http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/contributor.phtml?d=1417429530" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">COX COMMUNICATIONS</a>
Miscellaneous Communications & Electronics</td><td class="text-center"><a href="http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=108155">SCHMIDT, DEREK</a></td><td class="text-center">ATLANTA, GA</td><td class="text-right">$500</td><td class="text-right">10/04/2008</td></tr><tr class="grey2"><td><a href="http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/contributor.phtml?d=1417429698">DCP MIDSTREAM</a>
Oil & Gas</td><td class="text-center"><a href="http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=108155">SCHMIDT, DEREK</a></td><td class="text-center">DENVER, CO</td><td class="text-right">$500</td><td class="text-right">10/15/2007</td></tr><tr class="grey1"><td><a href="http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/contributor.phtml?d=1417431326">EMPIRE DISTRICT ELECTRIC CO</a>
Electric Utilities</td><td class="text-center"><a href="http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=108155">SCHMIDT, DEREK</a></td><td class="text-center">JOPLIN, MO</td><td class="text-right">$500</td><td class="text-right">10/10/2008</td></tr><tr class="grey2"><td><a href="http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/contributor.phtml?d=1417429919">GENERAL ELECTRIC</a>
Miscellaneous Finance, Insurance & Real Estate

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Derek Schmidt was elected the 44th attorney general of Kansas in 2010 and was reelected to a second term in 2014.  Under Schmidt’s leadership, the Attorney General’s Office has focused on prosecuting crimes against children, protecting senior citizens from scams and rip-offs, recovering record-setting amounts of money for Kansas consumers and taxpayers, providing quality legal services for the State of Kansas, and standing up against overreach by the federal government.  Before being elected attorney general, Schmidt served as a Kansas State Senator representing part of Southeast Kansas and as the State Senate Majority Leader. He previously served as counsel to Kansas Governor Bill Graves and as an assistant attorney general for consumer protection.  In 2013, Attorney General Schmidt personally and successfully defended a Kansas murder conviction on appeal before the U.S. Supreme Court. He has led the successful efforts to strengthen Kansas law against human trafficking, to repair the state’s “Hard 50” sentencing law, to toughen penalties for defrauding senior citizens and for stealing from the Kansas Medicaid program, to extend the Do-Not-Call law to cover consumer cellphones, and to enact the Kansas RICO law to combat drug-and-gang violence.  Schmidt has been honored with the Friend of Law Enforcement Award from the Kansas Sheriffs Association, the Policy Maker of the Year Award from the Kansas County and District Attorneys Association, and the Guardian of Small Business Award from the Kansas chapter of the National Federation of Independent Businesses. He serves as Midwestern Region Vice Chair for the National Association of Attorneys General and as Vice Chair of the organization’s Human Trafficking Committee.  Attorney General Schmidt is a graduate of Independence High School and studied at Independence Community College. He earned his bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Kansas, his master's degree in international politics from the University of Leicester in the United Kingdom, and his law degree from Georgetown University Law Center.  Schmidt and his wife, Jennifer, are the parents of two young daughters.
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