these are all just coverage of his first steps to fighting the clans and kansas -- kla and kansasn. the neck -- next major thing that happens in this case is that attorney general hawkins leaves office in 1922. attorney general haopkins files this petition in the supreme court of kansas. it has two counts. it says the klan should not be legally operating in kansas. they hit upon the idea that the klan is a chartered organization in georgia. therefore, a corporation. foreign corporations are not

these are all just coverage of his first steps to fighting the clans and kansas -- kla and kansasn. the neck -- next major thing that happens in this case is that attorney general hawkins leaves office in 1922. attorney general haopkins files this petition in the supreme court of kansas. it has two counts. it says the klan should not be legally operating in kansas. they hit upon the idea that the klan is a chartered organization in georgia. therefore, a corporation. foreign corporations are not allowed to operating kansas without also registering with the corporation board in kansas and getting permission to operate here. so it is kind of interesting. it is a tactic to show that the klan is operating under kansas state law without addressing the main issue. the main issue they are here merely to intimidate people as a terrorist organization. that is the second count in the case but that is a lot harder to prove. what the supreme court ended up saying was that yes, the klan was operating as a foreign corporation. that is the point when the klan's attorneys conceded. what they did in