Kelly, a Democrat, said that she has repeatedly asked the Republican attorney general to sue on behalf of Kansas but he has refused. Meanwhile, Kris Kobach argues that he is in charge of the state's prosecution or defense.

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly is suing state Attorney General Kris Kobach for his “failure to defend Kansans against the Trump administration’s unlawful federal overreach.”

Kelly, a Democrat, announced the lawsuit Friday, saying that she has repeatedly asked the Republican attorney general to sue on behalf of Kansas. He has not.

She said the attorney general refused to sue the Trump administration after SNAP food assistance payments were delayed when another pot of money could have funded the program. Kobach also didn’t sue the Trump administration after it cut money that

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