Kansas 2025-2026 Regular Session

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1	1	Session of 2025
2	2	House Concurrent Resolution No. 5016
3	3	By Committee on Federal and State Affairs
4	4	3-20
5	5	A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the Kansas Attorney General
6	6	to join the efforts of other states to uphold the Constitution of the
7	7	United States of America, the founding principles of Separation of
8	8	Powers and the Appointments Clause and hold Elon Musk accountable
9	9	for unlawful executive action.
10	10	WHEREAS, The Constitution of the United States of America provides
11	11	legislative powers to a Congress, consisting of a Senate and a House
12	12	of Representatives, a guiding principle that has withstood centuries
13	13	since our nation's founding; and
14	14	WHEREAS, The Constitution of the United States of America states that
15	15	the President "shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and
16	16	Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public
17	17	Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme Court, and all other
18	18	Officers of the United States, whose Appointments are not herein
19	19	otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by Law: but the
20	20	Congress may by Law vest the Appointment of such inferior Officers,
21	21	as they think proper, in the President alone, in the Courts of Law, or in
22	22	the Heads of Departments"; and
23	23	WHEREAS, On January 20, 2025, President Trump issued an executive
24	24	order renaming the United States Digital Services to the United States
25	25	Department of Government Efficiency and granted the agency
26	26	expansive powers; and
27	27	WHEREAS, Since January 2025, Elon Musk, without Senate
28	28	confirmation or legal appointment, has continued to exercise
29	29	unprecedented executive authority by eliminating or reducing the size
30	30	of federal agencies, terminating or placing federal employees on leave,
31	31	canceling, freezing or pausing federal contracts, grants and other
32	32	federal funding, obtaining access to, use of or making changes to
33	33	federal databases and data systems and accessing confidential and
34	34	classified information; and
35	35	WHEREAS, Without lawful appointment to an executive position that
36	36	requires Senate confirmation, Musk has violated the Appointments
37	37	Clause, and therefore, actions taken by Musk are unconstitutional; and
38	38	WHEREAS, President Trump has unilaterally vested executive powers
39	39	not checked by the legislative branch of government—a founding
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76	76	principle of Separation of Powers—to Musk, an unelected individual;
77	77	and
78	78	WHEREAS, On February 13, 2025, the attorney generals of New Mexico
79	79	and 13 other states have stepped up to seek a judicial declaration that
80	80	Musk's role and actions are unconstitutional, Musk should be
81	81	prevented from issuing orders through federal agencies and all
82	82	previous actions by Musk shall be rendered null and void; and
83	83	WHEREAS, It is in the interest of the state of Kansas and all Kansans
84	84	that all actions taken at the level of federal government shall be held
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86	86	WHEREAS, Therefore, Kansas needs to make it clear that we stand
87	87	united with the other states in our nation in support of holding such
88	88	actions accountable and upholding the Constitution: Now Therefore,
89	89	Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of Kansas, the
90	90	Senate concurring therein: That the legislature strongly urges the
91	91	Kansas Attorney General to join the efforts of other states to uphold
92	92	the Constitution of the United States of America, the founding
93	93	principles of Separation of Powers and the Appointments Clause and
94	94	hold Elon Musk accountable for unlawful executive action.
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