As Scott Rothchild puts it, "Six months after having been sworn in as the newest judge on the Kansas Court of Appeals, Caleb Stegall is seeking a promotion to the Kansas Supreme Court." While Kansas Court of Appeals judges are appointed by the governor subject to senate confirmation, Kansas Supreme Court justices are selected under a system in which a nominating commission (5 of whose 9 members are selected by the bar) screens applicants and submits the names of 3 finalists to the governor.
The senate confirmation system is compared to the nominating commission system here (short) and here (long)
Judicial Selection, by Stephen Ware, a law professor at KU, in Lawrence, Kansas.
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