Kris Kobach can’t teach at UMKC if he gets elected

The law school at the University of Missouri-Kansas City plans to offer a course in the spring called Immigration Law and Policy. But the school’s (in)famous expert on the subject may not be around to teach it.

Kris Kobach, the UMKC law prof who helped write Arizona’s controversial “Got papers?” immigration law, is running for secretary of state in Kansas. If he wins, he won’t try to balance teaching duties and political office. “He has to take a leave of absence,” says Deb Lucia, a spokeswoman for the Kobach campaign. “It’s not even an option.”