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Kansas lawmakers weigh changes to Supreme Court selection
The Senate calendar lists 59 items as House measures consider two constitutional amendments altering how judges are chosen, including partisan elections and a federal model giving governors direct appointment power subject to Senate confirmation. If approved, voters would decide. A separate bill would lower mandatory retirements, potentially ending some current judges terms, affecting Justice Lee Johnson and four Court of Appeals judges.
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Supreme Court
House
Senate
Kansas Bar Association
Jonathan
Reginald Carr
Sam Brownback
Jene Vickrey
R-Louisburg
Jim Ward
Wichita
Judiciary Committee
Ward
Tim Owens
Owens
Overland Park
Senate Judiciary Committee
Topeka
Topeka Capital-Journal Story As Saying Brownback
Brownback
Caleb Stegall
Justice At Stake
Kansas
Vickrey
Court of Appeals
Lee Johnson
Joseph Pierron
Henry Green
Patrick D. McAnany
Michael B. Buser
Shawnee County
Franklin Theis
Theis