How a GOP plan to elect judges could end abortion rights in Kansas [View all]
Kansas voters will decide on Aug. 4 whether to approve a Republican-backed amendment that would radically alter how justices are selected for the state Supreme Court—and potentially endanger abortion rights. With the election just a month away, both sides are now airing ads to get their message out.
“Right now, the Kansas Supreme Court is fair and impartial, because judges are qualified and voter approved,” says the narrator for Kansas United for Impartial Courts, a group urging a “no” vote.
The spot, though, warns of what would happen if the GOP’s amendment passes. The proposal would require that all justices be directly elected statewide starting in 2028.
“[J]udges will become politicians for sale,” predicts the narrator. “Billionaires will bankroll campaigns, and then push whatever laws they want.”
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