Kansas House endorses plan to elect Supreme Court justices, placing question on August 2026 ballot
Kansas voters will decide next year whether to rewrite the state’s constitution to turn the Kansas Supreme Court into an elected office.
Kansas Senate adopts plan to elect Supreme Court justices, a step toward overturning abortion rights
The Kansas Senate adopted a resolution that calls for the election of justices to the Kansas Supreme Court by popular vote. The House now has a choice: Accept the Senate’s resolution, pass an alternative, or table the issue for another year.
Voters would elect Kansas Supreme Court justices under proposed change
Kansas Senators advanced a constitutional amendment Wednesday that would convert Kansas’ method for selecting state supreme court justices from a merit-based system to an elections system.
Kansas Supreme Court chief justice warns of ‘all-out crisis’ in access to legal services
Kansas Supreme Court Justice Marla Luckert told lawmakers Wednesday about her “grim” vision of a future where the rule of law is threatened by a lack of legal representation.
Kansas Supreme Court: ‘Skill-gaming’ company lacks standing in lawsuit against state regulators
The Kansas Supreme Court deflected a legal squabble initiated five years ago by a company that sought an official declaration that its Dragon’s Ascent game available to players at truck stops or convenience stores was legal under state law.
Kansas faces ‘constitutional crisis’ with rural attorney shortage, Supreme Court justice says
Kansas Supreme Court Justice K.J. Wall said Friday the state is “approaching a constitutional crisis” with a shortage of attorneys in rural areas, and that “equity and justice” are at stake.
Kansas Supreme Court refines premeditation definition in appeal of Topeka murder case
The Kansas Supreme Court clarified the timeframe for formulating premeditation while weighing the appeal of a man sentenced to life in prison plus nearly 500 years for murdering a Washburn football player and wounding a future NFL player.
Kansas Supreme Court affirms police conduct allegedly ‘akin to a psychological rubber hose’
The Kansas Supreme Court reversed a judge’s decision to suppress a confession despite detectives’ claims that a computer voice stress test was 100% accurate and proved a defendant lied about his innocence in an alleged sexual abuse case.
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Kansas Supreme Court closes valve in protracted dispute on illegal hog-effluent pipeline
A Kansas hog farmer’s campaign to convince the courts he had a right to install a livestock sewage pipeline along a public road in the right-of-way on neighbors’ property without permission has come to an end in state courts.
Mackenzie Clark/Lawrence Times
Kansas Supreme Court decision could affect Albert Wilson wrongful conviction case
A Douglas County judge has asked attorneys representing Albert Wilson in a wrongful conviction case against the State of Kansas to address a recent Kansas Supreme Court decision that could affect Wilson’s case.
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