“In the past, we’ve voiced reluctance about the prospect of adopting judicial elections…” says a blistering editorial in the Topeka, Kansas Capital-Journal, but “perhaps the time has come to discuss judicial elections.”
Perhaps?
The Capital-Journal’s volte-face was inspired by a decision recently handed down by Shawnee County District Judge Matthew Dowd, who sentenced a man who […]

Citizens of Johnson County, Kansas have successfully placed an initiative on the November ballot that would end the secret selection of judges (through a so-called “merit” system) and allow voters to decide who sits on the bench. Justice At Stake’s GavelGrab blog links to a story in the St. Charles County Business Record reporting […]

Eagle Forum founder Phyllis Schlafly has an important column today about the efforts by Kansas voters to dump the state’s judicial selection Star Chamber – where lawyers meet in secret to choose judges – and bring citizens back into the process.
In bellwether Johnson County (outside Kansas City), citizens succeeded in placing a proposition on the […]