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He said he welcomed the opportunity to appoint more "conservative, business-minded judges that will actually interpret the law.” 46 Action, a political action committee with ties to the governor ...
Voters opted to retain six Kansas Supreme Court justices on the ballot, as only light opposition to their candidacy emerged from conservatives.
A split Kansas Supreme Court ruling last week issued in a lawsuit over a 2021 election law found that voting is not a fundamental right listed in the state Constitution's Bill of Rights. The ...
In a 2007 paper, he wrote, "Kansas is the only state in the union that gives the members of its bar majority control over the selection of state supreme court justices." [ 7 ] However, five other states — Florida, [ 8 ] Missouri, [ 9 ] South Dakota, [ 10 ] Tennessee, [ 11 ] and Wyoming [ 12 ] — and the District of Columbia [ 13 ] have merit ...
The governor then selects one of the three from the commission's list to become a justice. If the Governor fails to make an appointment within 60 days the choice is then made by the Chief Justice of the Kansas Supreme Court. After the first year in office, the justice undergoes a retention vote in the next general election. The justice ...
Following is a list of justices of the Kansas Supreme Court who are currently serving and those previously in office since the beginning of the State of Kansas in 1861. As of 2024, the Kansas Supreme Court has seven justices currently serving on the supreme bench.
A petition to get 1.3 million signatures in support of the impeachment or resignation of Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence The post There are 1.2M signatures on a petition to impeach ...
On March 11, 2020, Governor Laura Kelly announced the appointment of Kenyen Wall to the Kansas Supreme Court to fill the vacancy left by the retirement of Justice Lawton Nuss on December 17, 2019. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] He was sworn into office on August 3, 2020.