Twenty Republicans who are either already serving in the Kansas Legislature, or will be sworn into office in January, say they would support legislation to “nullify” the Affordable Care Act and authorize state and local law enforcement to arrest federal officials attempting to implement it, according to a survey compiled by a group called Campaign for Liberty.

The question from Campaign for Liberty, which was founded by U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, was “Will you support legislation to nullify ObamaCare and authorize state and local law enforcement to arrest federal officials attempting to implement the unconstitutional health care scheme known as ObamaCare?”

I started calling some of those who answered `Yes’ to that question, and the first one I reached was state Rep. Jim Howell, R-Derby.

Howell said he is an ardent opponent of the federal Affordable Care Act and would do everything legislatively possible to prevent its implementation but he said he disagreed with the part of the question that dealt with authorizing state and local law enforcement to arrest federal officials to implement the law.

“That is not worded well,” Howell said. He said during the course of the campaign, he did not remember responding to that particular survey.

State Rep.-elect Allan Rothlisberg, R-Junction City, also said he was vehemently opposed to the ACA, but the part of the question dealing with arresting federal officials was not something he would support. “Not arrest them but we are just not going to assist them,” he said.