From cjonline

“For decades, the Kansas Supreme Court has been the institution that stepped in when lawmakers failed to meet their constitutional obligation to fund public schools. The court has repeatedly required the state to do more for Kansas’ students, even when those decisions were politically unpopular. That wasn’t judicial activism. It was the court doing its job: enforcing the Kansas Constitution. That history is exactly why this amendment matters…

“Many of the most important improvements in Kansas school funding happened only after the courts intervened. Without an independent court serving as a backstop, school funding disputes could become purely political battles. In that environment, students will lose every single time…

“The August vote is about much more than how judges get their jobs. It’s about whether Kansas wants a court that can stand up to political pressure when constitutional rights are threatened, or one that may increasingly be shaped by the same political forces it is supposed to check.”

Originally posted on facebook July 11, 2026