Kentucky GOP: Our Senators are above the law

That's the only logical conclusion one can draw. Dana Seum Stephenson ran as a GOP candidate for the state Senate even though it was later discovered that she failed to meet state residency eligibility requirements. The state board of elections certified Stephenson's opponent, Democrat Virginia Woodward, as the winner based on a court ruling.

As we've seen before, Republicans don't let simple things like rule of law stand in their way:

Brushing aside such concerns, the Republican-dominated Senate swore in Stephenson and defeated along party lines a committee's recommendation that Democrat Virginia Woodward be declared the winner of the Louisville district.

Senate President David Williams said he was confident the Senate had the power to determine its own membership. He said, for example, that the Senate could have a 23-year-old lawmaker, even though the constitution says senators must be at least 30.

"No court in the land could overturn that," he said.

So we see Alberto Gonzales try and explain to us that the President is outside the limits of the Constitution, and now we witness the state GOP of Kentucky echoing those sentiments to justify actual defiance of the law.

You can send Senator David Williams an email here. Call him at the office - 270-864-5636. Send him a letter - P.O. Box 666, Burkesville, KY 42717.
Oddly, his home phone number is listed as well, but I won't advocate that.

Anyway, send him a letter and remind him that this country is governed by laws that we all must follow, from the poorest to the elite, from tobacco farmer to State Senator. Of course if you live in his district, it will mean a whole lot more.

*UPDATE* Here's the story of Dana Stephenson's KY citizenship. It seems she claimed a home in Indiana only so she could scam the state out of some tuition money.

*UPDATE, TOO* Apparently, the state Senate's actions has upset another Republican, and he's threatening to leave:

When he walked off the Senate floor yesterday, Republican state Sen. Bob Leeper said he would resign because leaders of his party had rejected his proposal to solve the 37th District election dispute.

But after meeting privately with senators and Gov. Ernie Fletcher, Leeper modified his statement, saying that he would decide "within a few days."

(snip)

In a statement, Leeper said his action was "a result of the mounting frustration I have felt over recent months and years due to the unnecessary and destructive partisanship in Kentucky state government."