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Kansas Supreme Court reverses felony and misdemeanor convictions for man claiming he was unable to pay $20 fee when filling out offender registry form.
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Doug Johnson, chairman of the Kansas Equal Rights Amendment Committee, asked Senate President Ty Masterson, the Republican gubernatorial nominee, to lead the effort to bring the Senate and House together before Dec. 31 to vote on an amendment that could then be placed before Kansas voters. Two-thirds of both chambers would need to endorse an amendment for it to be placed on statewide ballots in Kansas.
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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TOPEKA — A Kansas judge took a sledgehammer to a slate of abortion restrictions dating back to 1997, ruling the state came up short in arguing the Kansas Legislature should be able to impose waiting periods, mandate abortion reversal disclosures and require doctors to obtain patients’ reasons for seeking an abortion. Christopher Jayaram’s 260-page decision, […]
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Group championing constitutional amendment requiring election of Kansas Supreme Court justices sidelines murder case details to make a point.
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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. […]
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Kansas Supreme Court refuses to take emergency appeal of lower court decisions preserving — pending trial — 3-day grace period for mail-in advance ballots.
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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, […]
