Supreme Court
On Thursday four Kansans filed suit in federal court in Wichita to block the Kansas Supreme Court Nominating Commission from selecting the next member of the court.
The lawsuit claims the process in Kansas to select a new member for the state’s high court violates the Constitution’s equal protection clause. The lawsuit asks all [...]
Continue reading about Flashback: Politics and the Kansas Judiciary
In January many of the 1500 marchers at the KFL Rally for Life outside the Kansas Judicial Center wore tape over their mouths to protest an action by the Kansas Supreme Court. The tape symbolized the Kansas Supreme Court’s gag order on Judge Richard Anderson preventing him from additional testimony in the Planned Parenthood case brought by [...]
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Read this commentary online at the Wichita Eagle
Continue reading about Kris W. Kobach: Budget Woes Linked to How Justices Are Chosen
In late February several members of the Kansas press reported that a letter from Office of the Disciplinary Administrator was sent to Caleb Stegall, an attorney representing former Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline, and two former deputies, Stephen Maxwell and Eric Rucker.
How did the press learn about the existence of this confidential letter? How did [...]
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:
Gov. Kathleen Sebelius yesterday announced the newest member of the Kansas Supreme Court will be William Daniel Biles, who will replace retiring Chief Justice Kay McFarland.
A recent Meadowlark article, Whom will Sebelius appoint to Kansas Supreme Court? A judge or Obama/Sebelius donor?, offered these comments about Sebelius’ judicial selection process:
Gov. Sebelius in the past often shows [...]
Continue reading about Gov. Sebelius picks Obama Donor for new Kansas Supreme Court Judge
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, [...]
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 [...]
Continue reading about Kansas Chief Justice admonishes fellow justices for denigrating Phill Kline
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? [...]
