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How Kansas Voters Can Stop Rabid Leftists From Controlling Their Supreme Court

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30.07.2026

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How Kansas Voters Can Stop Rabid Leftists From Controlling Their Supreme Court

Leftist donors and insiders control the Kansas Supreme Court. A ‘yes’ vote on the state constitutional amendment could change that.

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Kansas is the only state in the nation where Supreme Court justices are selected through a bar-controlled commission before being appointed by the governor.

A group of liberal donors, predominantly attorneys, select candidates for the state Supreme Court and the governor makes appointments. This judicial system, rife with conflicts and dark money, has produced radical court rulings in Kansas. This summer, Kansans have the opportunity to vote for a constitutional amendment that could reform the state’s Supreme Court judicial selection process by restoring the people’s right to elect justices. It could be a watershed moment in Kansas history.

From statehood in 1861 and for nearly 100 years, Kansans had the right to elect judges to the Supreme Court. However, in the late 1950s, lawyers and politicians took advantage of flaws in the method used to replace a retiring Supreme Court justice. Gov. Fred Hall, a Republican, had lost his bid for reelection in the 1956 primary but ultimately secured a seat on the Kansas Supreme Court after resigning as governor and being appointed by his former lieutenant governor.

Outraged by the corrupt “triple play,” Kansas voters approved a 1958 constitutional amendment creating the bar-controlled nominating commission that selects candidates for the Supreme Court and presents them to the governor, who........

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