“After being thwarted in their efforts to select state Supreme Court justices more to their liking, conservative Kansas lawmakers have come up with an outrageous plan to make it easier to impeach judges for doing their jobs.
“This latest assault on the judiciary smacks of desperation. It reveals legislators’ contempt for the checks and balances essential to a functioning democracy and risks making state government even more dysfunctional.
“Senate Bill 439…would expand the legal basis for impeaching state Supreme Court justices and some district judges.
“One of those reasons: ‘Attempting to usurp the power of the legislative or executive branch of government.’
“In other words, lawmakers want to impeach judges for not deciding cases in favor of the Legislature or governor.”
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