If you despair of Kansas politics right now, former Kansas Supreme Court Chief Justice Lawton Nuss wants you to know that they could be worse. “I asked myself, outside of times of war in Kansas, was there ever a more consequential period in Kansas for the Kansas judicial branch than those 10 years?” he asked Kansas Reflector editor Sherman Smith. Ron DeSantis revamped the state supreme court to ensure as little pushback as possible for his policies. They see the state supreme court as one of the final obstacles to achieving total control of state government. They see the state supreme court as one of the final obstacles to achieving total control of state government.

Source: CNN July 16, 2023 09:59 UTC