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TexasTowelie

(111,322 posts)
Sat Oct 29, 2016, 10:18 PM Oct 2016

Push to remake top Kansas court hits backlash over governor

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A push to remake the Kansas Supreme Court in the upcoming election could falter because of a political backlash against Republican Gov. Sam Brownback.

Five of the court's seven justices are on statewide ballots that ask voters whether each justice should stay on the court for another six years. Four of those justices, each appointed by a Democratic or moderate Republican governor, are being aggressively targeted by GOP conservatives, abortion opponents and critics of rulings that overturned death sentences.

Brownback publicly supported a similar ouster campaign in 2014 that nearly removed the other two justices, amid anger over death penalty rulings. But the conservative Republican governor — who is facing voter discontent over the state's budget problems — has refused to endorse this year's effort, which is likely fine with one group pushing to remove the justices.

"He's caused us a lot of headaches," said Amy James, a spokeswoman for Kansans for Justice, a group of victims' families angered by court rulings that overturned death sentences. "He's actually a hurdle that we continue to have to overcome."

Read more: http://www.salina.com/news/state/push-to-remake-top-kansas-court-hits-backlash-over-governor/article_8d0c1275-24af-56a2-89b3-668ca30f4bcd.html

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Push to remake top Kansas court hits backlash over governor (Original Post) TexasTowelie Oct 2016 OP
They are shooting for a state Supreme Court like the one we have here in Texas. Dustlawyer Oct 2016 #1

Dustlawyer

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1. They are shooting for a state Supreme Court like the one we have here in Texas.
Sat Oct 29, 2016, 10:31 PM
Oct 2016

They are all Republicans backed by Big Business.

Kansas, DONT LET THEM DO IT!!!!

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