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Friday, July 31, 2026

State/Regional

Kansas voters to decide whether to make Supreme Court justices electable
7/31/26 Kansas Reflector
The growing tension between the court and the legislature made a showdown like the current amendment unsurprising, according to Nathaniel Birkhead, a political science professor at Kansas State University. “If you’re able to replace the judges … there’s certainly a possibility that then you can change the membership of the court and go back to pass another law restricting abortion like they did in 2018,” Birkhead said.