Tag: Kansas Supreme Court
Selecting judges in Kansas
Appellate court judges make new law, and Kansas has the most elitist and least democratic supreme court selection system in the country.
School choice and funding
Opponents of school choice programs argue the programs harm traditional public schools, both financially and in their ability to serve their remaining students. Evidence does not support this position.
Kansas Supreme Court: Making law, part 3
Do the justices on the Kansas Supreme Court make new law? Yes, and here is another example.
Kansas Supreme Court: Making law, part 2
Do the justices on the Kansas Supreme Court make new law? Yes, and here is an example.
Kansas Supreme Court: Selecting Judges
While many believe that judges should not “legislate from the bench,” that is, make law themselves, the reality is that lawmaking is a judicial function.
Math quiz on Kansas spending
The average Kansan is misinformed regarding Kansas school spending, and Kansas news media are to blame, writes Paul Waggoner of Hutchinson
Kansas Supreme Court judicial selection
Kansas progressives and Democrats oppose a judicial selection system that is used by U.S. Presidents, both Democrats and Republicans.
Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt
Kansas AG Derek Schmidt addressed cases in the Kansas and U.S. Supreme Courts in a talk at the Wichita Pachyderm Club.
Ranzau petition to Kansas Supreme Court
A filing by a group seeking to recall a county commissioner declares “facts” that can’t possibly be known at this time.