tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3176236955928598424.post6150264758084469417..comments2023-05-04T01:07:50.110-07:00Comments on Judicial Selection: Renewed Push to Change Kansas Supreme Court SelectionStephen Warehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05262563545969388756noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3176236955928598424.post-72012958639419265572015-02-03T12:14:53.644-08:002015-02-03T12:14:53.644-08:00Although your proposal may well be "not a way...Although your proposal may well be "not a way to empower a particular governor at a particular time and place," when considered in a vacuum, it grants our governor incredible power to remake the court if it is coupled with several measures being considered by the current legislature. These measures include a mandatory retirement age of 70 (and I've heard as low as 65 being proposed) and a higher retention vote percentage than the current threshold. Add in the infusion of dark money groups advocating against retention (as was the case for "Kansans for Justice" in the last election), and I believe we will end up with a court that does not serve as an appropriate check on the governor or the legislature. I fail to see how these changes, taken together, are any better than Roosevelt's 1937 plan to pack the Supreme Court. I am not necessarily arguing against any one of these ideas in particular, just all of them together. What are your thoughts on the possible consequence that all of these measures will become reality?Gonzotoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14220340236893013492noreply@blogger.com