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Kansas also uses committees to appoint its Supreme Court justices and local judges in some counties, including Johnson County. In Wyandotte County, local judges are popularly elected. In Wyandotte ...
“The same politicians and groups who tried to change the constitution to eliminate our rights want to take over the Kansas Supreme Court and try again,” said Kansans for Constitutional Freedom ...
The Kansas Supreme Court is the highest judicial authority in the U.S. state of Kansas.Composed of seven justices, led by Chief Justice Marla Luckert, [1] the court supervises the legal profession, administers the judicial branch, and serves as the state court of last resort in the appeals process.
A retention election or retention referendum is a referendum where voters are asked if an office holder, usually a judge, should be allowed to continue in that office. The judge is removed from office if a majority of votes are cast against retention. Retention elections are held periodically, usually at the same time as a general election.
Five justices of the Kansas Court of Appeals had terms that expired on January 10, 2021. Their seats were up for retention this general election. [6] The justices were Sarah Warner, David E. Bruns, G.Gordon Atcheson, Karen Arnold-Burger, and Kathryn Gardner.
The Kansas Supreme Court offered a mixed bag in a ruling Friday that combined several challenges to a 2021 election law, siding with state officials on one provision, reviving challenges to others ...
Kansans have never voted to remove a state Supreme Court justice. Kansas election results: All six state Supreme Court justices to stay on the bench Skip to main content
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