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Continue reading about Kris W. Kobach: Budget Woes Linked to How Justices Are Chosen
On Wednesday the Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies published a detailed analysis by Samson R. Elsbernd of the Kansas Supreme Court Nominating Commission Lawyers, 1987-2007.
This report gave background information about each attorney member of the Kansas Supreme Court Nominating Commission, including political contributions and the following information:
Yesterday Gov. Sebelius announced she was appointing Neil B. Foth to be the new District Judge of the 10th Judicial District, which is Johnson County, as a replacement for Judge John Anderson III, who is retiring.
One news source announced the Governor appoints another political ally to bench, with comments that Foth and Democrat Lt. Gov. [...]
Continue reading about Gov. Sebelius’ District Judge Choices: Democrat, Democrat, Democrat
Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius has abused her power to appoint members to the Kansas Supreme Court Nominating Commission by ONLY appointing Democrats to the body selecting Supreme Court nominees. Gov. Sebelius has only appointed Democrats to all four of the non-attorney members of this Commission.
With the Kansas Bar Association picking the other four members, [...]
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? [...]
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 [...]
Tonight there will be a debate in Kansas City at the Zenith Boosters Club: “Judges: Appoint or elect.” The issue of electing judges or appointing judges is a topic in both Kansas and Missouri this year. In Kansas some judges are elected (like in Sedgwick County), while others are appointed (like [...]
Continue reading about Political Profile of Tenth Judicial District Nominating Committee
Johnson County Kansas voters will decide in a November ballot whether their district court judges will be elected, or whether the judges in the 10th Judicial District will continue to be appointed.
While the public debates how district court judges will be put in office, the current 10th Judicial District Judicial Nominating Commission is [...]
