Tag: Kansas Supreme Court
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Supreme Court on Tuesday night canceled arguments from attorneys over a civil rights’ group attempt to force the state to release prison inmates with preexisting medical conditions making them…
The battle in Kansas over religious freedom and pandemic control grew more fierce Thursday, clashing over an executive order limiting religious services and funerals to 10 or fewer people. Gov. Laura Kelly said she is…
TOPEKA, Kansas — Gov. Laura Kelly appointed lawyer Keynen “KJ” Wall to the Kansas Supreme Court on Wednesday. Wall will fill the seat of former Justice Lawton Nuss, who retired in December after more than…
Republican lawmakers seem willing to jeopardize the healthcare of 150,000 Kansans in their effort to overturn a Kansas Supreme Court ruling that upholds a woman’s right to abortion. Their hypocrisy turns the stomach. Rather than…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A Kansas Court of Appeals judge, a Lawrence attorney and a veteran prosecutor now working for the attorney generals office are finalists for a state Supreme Court seat. A lawyer-led state…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas new chief justice plans to push for changes aimed at helping veterans and the mentally ill, and expects to press for a big budget increase from a Republican-controlled Legislature thats…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Six trial-court judges in Kansas filed a lawsuit Friday against the state Legislature in hopes of forcing it to increase funding for the court system in a move certain to intensify…
TOPEKA, Kansas A Shawnee County district judge was named Monday to one of the vacancies on the Kansas Supreme Court. Though the states most prominent anti-abortion group opposed Shawnee County District Court Judge Evelyn…
Kansas Supreme Court Chief Justice Lawton Nuss left a mark. Not just in his 17 years on the high court, the 17,000 cases he helped decide and the 300 decisions he wrote. No, Nuss also…
Anti-abortion activists are hoping they can ignite a statewide backlash to a Kansas Supreme Court decision earlier this year that recognizes a womans right to abortion. Their goal is threefold: To get a constitutional amendment…
