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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 ...
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 ...
A Kansas law that makes it a felony to impersonate an elections official is vague enough that voting rights advocates can pursue a legal challenge, the state's highest court ruled Friday, reviving ...
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.
The Kansas Supreme Court Nominating Commission was established in 1958 when Kansas voters approved an amendment to the state's constitution. The commission is tasked with presenting the governor with a slate of three qualified candidates whenever a vacancy occurs on the Kansas Supreme Court .
Derek Schmidt, to the Kansas Court of Appeals. It issued a 7–7 decision in January 2016, effectively upholding the district court's decision. The state then appealed again to the state supreme court, with oral arguments heard in March 2017. It argued that the state constitution couldn't protect abortion rights since abortion was mostly ...
An attorney for the for voting rights advocates challenging the law, the attorney for the state defending the law and at least one Kansas Supreme Court justice all took issue with how the 2021 ...
The governor of Kansas is the head of state of Kansas [2] and the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces. [3] The governor has a duty to enforce state laws, [ 2 ] and the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Kansas Legislature , [ 4 ] to convene the legislature at any time, [ 5 ] and to grant pardons .