I don’t know if Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly will win her new lawsuit against Attorney General Kris Kobach. But I’m willing to bet she’ll claim victory in the court of public opinion.  Kelly is going…

OVERLAND PARK — Wednesday marked the first day in two years that transgender Kansans were able to change the gender markers on their drivers licenses after the Kansas Supreme Court denied Attorney General Kris Kobach’s…

Kansans can congratulate themselves. A vacancy on the state Supreme Court has once again been smoothly filled through an orderly process Kansans voted to put into our state constitution in 1958.  At its heart, the…

Let me tell you the story of the sex raft. Back in 1973, anthropologist Santiago Genovés conducted an astonishing social experiment. He picked a crew of men and women to pilot a custom-built raft through…

TOPEKA — Kansas Supreme Court Justice Evelyn Wilson will retire, effective July 4, following a recent amyotrophic lateral sclerosis diagnosis, also known as ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease. Wilson’s letter of resignation submitted to Kansas…

With the aid of a supermajority in both houses of the Kansas Legislature, Republican lawmakers are a step closer to achieving their dream of politicizing the Kansas Supreme Court. That’s what will happen if voters…

A proposed constitutional amendment to change the way Kansas selects Supreme Court justices isn’t on the ballot yet and won’t be for at least a year, but some of the state’s most prominent Republicans are…

The worst thing that has ever happened to U.S. elections was the no-holds barred introduction of campaign contributions granted to corporations and other outside groups by the 2010 U.S. Supreme decision Citizens United v. Federal…

TOPEKA — A coalition led by the American Civil Liberties Union has asked a state court to abolish the death penalty in Kansas, arguing it violates constitutional rights, is racially biased and fails to deter…

TOPEKA — A former court reporter in Wyandotte County District Court was sanctioned by the Kansas Supreme Court for failing to cooperate with an investigation into allegations that she tried to get $2,000 from a…