Governor Kathleen Sebelius will pick a replacement Kansas Supreme Court justice by Jan 12, 2009, when Chief Justice Kay McFarland retires. Will Gov. Sebelius appoint a judge, or a donor to her campaign and Barack Obama, to be the next Supreme Court justice?
In October only eight Kansas attorneys applied for consideration to fill the vacancy [...]
Today the Kansas Supreme Court issued a ruling in a long-running case of Planned Parenthood against Phill Kline. The Kansas press seems to miss how bizarre this case is, which was summarized in this brief:
This Court should be under no illusions about what Petitioner [Planned Parenthood] is asking of it. Petitioner, a criminal defendant in [...]
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George Brett is being used by the group Justice, Not Politics! to “Vote No on Question 1″ on the Johnson County ballot initiative in Tuesday’s election. Brett can be heard in radio ads comparing judges in the court to umpires on the baseball field. Brett opposed the election of judges.
But how [...]
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Fox 4 reported yesterday that Missey and Greg Smith (left) publicly endorsed the election of judges in Johnson County, which is “Question One” on the November ballot. The Smith’s daughter, Kelsey, was murdered in 2007.
From the way the trial of their daughter’s murderer was handled in court, the Smiths felt judges had little accountability [...]
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Dr. Janis McMillen was first appointed to the 10th Judicial District Nominating Committee on March 25, 2004, by former Johnson County Commissioner Dolores Furtado. Commissioner Ed Eilert reappointed her on February 28, 2008. Why was the original crony appointment of Dr. McMillan by Dr. Furtado never questioned by the press?
Gov. Kathleen Sebelius recently appointed Trevor Wohlford (R, Lawrence) to be the chief hearing officer for the state Court of Tax Appeals according to the Lawrence Journal-World.
As with many Sebelius appointees, Wohlford contributed to Sebelius’ political campaign.
Shawnee County is the 3rd Judicial District in Kansas and will soon be replacing District Court Judge Thomas Conklin, who retires on July 4.
A June 23, 2008 press release from the Kansas Judicial Branch indicated the nominating commission will pick the successor to Judge Conklin. But what is known about this commission and [...]
Thursday’s Kansas Register announced Gov. Kathleen Sebelius’ appointment of Katherine Taylor DeBruce, a Democrat from Mission Hills, to the Supreme Court Nominating Commission.
Did the $13,000 contributed to Gov. Sebelius by Katherine DeBruce, her husband Paul DeBruce, and his DeBruce Grain company, have any influence on Sebelius’s appointment to the Supreme Court Nominating Commission? [...]
A D.C. group, Help Abolish Legal Tyranny (HALT), recently announced their 2008 report cards that blast state and federal systems for failing to hold judges accountable. Kansas received a C- grade.
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Today, Governor Kathleen Sebelius appointed one of her political contributors to be a new Johnson County District judge. Sebelius appointed David Wesley Hauber, a Democrat from Shawnee to be the replacement for Judge Janice D. Russell, who retired. Hauber was picked by Sebelius from a list of three Democrats nominated by the [...]