Episode 78: Gonorrhea Joe

Tina and Hillary cover former Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline and the Assassination of Governor William Goebel.

Tina’s Story
Phill Kline served as Kansas Attorney General after winning the 2002 election and immediately became a divisive figure. BUT, when he engages in unethical conduct, the voters decline to put Kline back in office.

Hillary’s Story
Kentucky Governor William Goebel’s stern and aloof reputation landed him in trouble more than once. BUT, when he tries to shift the 1899 election his way things end badly for Goebel.

Sources
Tina's Story
The Wichita Eagle
Kansas Supreme Court indefinitely suspends Phill Kline’s state law license--BY TONY RIZZO
Former AG Phill Kline files federal lawsuit over license suspension--By Bryan Lowry

Above the Law
Lawyers Of The Day: Additional Allegations Of Attorney (And Judicial) Misconduct--by David Lat

Heavy
Phill Kline Lost Law License in 2013, Now Joining Trump Election Lawsuit

Kansas Reflector
Former Kansas AG Kline not letting absence of law license hinder work on Trump election-fraud fight--by Tim Carpenter

Pride Source
Creep of the Week: Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline--By D'Anne Witkowski

ABC News
Could One Man Influence Abortion Law?--by Emily Friedman

The Pitch
Phill Kline, former Johnson County District Attorney and anti-abortion provocateur, suspended indefinitely from law practice in Kansas (updated)--by Steve Vockrodt

Feminist
Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline Loses Race

Fire Phill Kline
Former AG Bob Stephen Calls for Kline Investigation

Tony’s Kansas City
Kansas Progressives STILL hate Phill Kline
Phil Kline don’t live here anymore

McClatchy DC Bureau
Kansas politician who crusaded against abortion loses big--by DIANE CARROLL - KANSAS CITY STAR

Deseret News
Kline says deception OK in abortion investigations--by Associated Press

NBC News
Doctor acquitted in late-term abortion case--by Associated Press
Federal judge sides with abortion rights group--by Associated Press

Talk 2 Action
Kansas Attorney General Kline's Leaked Memo For Church Involvement In Politics--by Bruce Wilson

Daily Caller
Phill Kline maintains innocence--by Caroline May

Wikipedia
Phill Kline
State v. Limon

Tiller Petition
Before the Board of Healing Arts of the State of Kansas

ACLU
Limon v. Kansas - Case Background

Court Listener
State v. Limon, 280 Kan. 275 (Kan. 2005)

New York Times
Kansas Prosecutor Demands Files on Late-Term Abortion Patients--by Jodi Wilgoren
Kiss and Tell No More
Abortion Charges Filed Against Kansas Clinic--by Susan Saulny
Abortion Cases Against Clinic in Kansas Are Dropped by Prosecutors--by John Eligon

The Kansas City Star
Phill Kline is indefinitely suspended from practicing law--By TONY RIZZO

KCUR 89.3
U.S. Supreme Court Declines To Review Former Kansas AG Phill Kline’s Suspension--By Dan Margolies

Planned Parenthood
Timeline of Phill Kline’s Investigation of Kansas Abortion Providers

Pennsylvania Capital Star
No law license? No problem for ex-Kansas att’y gen. helping Trump wage election fraud fight in Pa., other states--by Tim Carpenter

Our Campaigns
Kline, Phill

Rolling Stone
How Nothing and Everything Has Changed in the 10 Years Since George Tiller’s Murder--by EJ Dickinson

The Advocate
Kansas attorney general defends same-sex sodomy law

LJ World
Leaked memo details strategy--by Scott Rothschild

Daily Kos
Separation of Church and State? Not in Kansas according to Phil Kline--by Jen Hayden
The Seattle Times
Candidate courts Christian voters--by Stephanie Simon

Photos
Phill Kline--via the Public Domain
Dr. David Tiller--photo by Mike Hutmacher for The Wichita Eagle (fair use)

Hillary's Story
National Governor's Association
Gov. William Goebel

National Endowment for the Humanities
The Late Governor Goebel

Kentucky Historical Society
Old State Capitol

NBC LEX 18
Kentucky's Dark Past: The assassination of William Goebel

University of Kentucky
William Goebel: The Politics of Wrath

Northern Kentucky Tribune
Our Rich History: Kentucky Governor-elect William Goebel is nation's only assasinated governor

Wikipedia
William Goebel

The History Guy (YouTube)
The Assassination of Kentucky Governor, William Goebel

Roadside America
Goebel Fell Here

Photos
Governor William Goebel--Kentucky Historical Society via Public Domain
Courthouse where Goebel was killed--via the Kentucky Historical Society
Plaque showing place where Goebel died--by Acdixon via Public Domain