Four years ago, Kansans said “hell no” to a constitutional amendment clearing the way for extremists to ban abortion. On Tuesday, Kansans said “hell no” again, this time to a constitutional amendment clearing the way for a conservative revamp of the state Supreme Court — banning abortion and gutting public education. Somehow, that message hasn’t […]
They did it again. Kansans supporting abortion rights and public education turned out en masse Tuesday to send a decisive message to Republican power brokers determined to bring the state Supreme Court to heel. Not on our watch, voters said. Not four years ago, not today. The scope of the achievement staggered. Not only did […]
Traducido por Claudia Amaro El martes, los votantes de Kansas rechazaron abrumadoramente una propuesta para modificar la constitución estatal y elegir a los magistrados de la Corte Suprema de Kansas, frustrando así un plan largamente anhelado por los republicanos, quienes buscan fallos más conservadores en temas como el aborto y la financiación escolar. Alrededor del […]
TOPEKA — The chair of the Kansas Republican Party issued a stern warning Tuesday morning that the vote on whether to elect Supreme Court justices was “the most important election of our lifetime.” “Yeah, I know everyone says that every year,” said Danedri Herbert, the state GOP chair. “This cycle, it’s true.” Kansas voters were […]
An insular gang of rightwing reactionaries has spent the better part of two years rigging the judicial selection amendment vote. Whether the measure succeeds or fails Tuesday, the playing field was tilted against opponents from the start. Supporters have manipulated the system at every step to suppress voter turnout, silence advocates and spread misleading rhetoric. […]
I messaged my friends and family this week asking for political mailers that they received. The replies that I got were nearly identical: I think I tossed them. I trash them as they come in. They went out with the recycling yesterday. Ha. I just trashed/destroyed them last night. Maybe “destroyed” is a bit harsh, […]
As former elected officials with 16 years of experience in the Kansas Legislature and more than 50 years working with parents and children in our public schools — from Belle Plaine to Stafford and from Haviland to Garden City — we want to highlight how Kansas school children and rural communities could be affected by […]
When I accepted an appointment to the Kansas Supreme Court Nominating Commission seven years ago, I expected to learn about judges. Instead, I learned about institutions. The most effective institutions aren’t built around the people who happen to serve in them. They’re built to endure long after those people are gone. As Kansans prepare to […]
Americans’ trust in the judiciary and the justice system is eroding at every level. From the U.S. Supreme Court to state courts across the country, polls show sharply declining public confidence in courts as trustworthy institutions. The response from many special interest groups and politicians has been to try to politicize these institutions further, and […]
