Kansas judicial news

• Governor fills two Kansas District Court positions, May 11, 2012
• Two open judgeships in Kansas, Apr 28, 2012
• Kansas courts take Fridays off due to budget problems, Apr 12, 2012
• No drug tests for Kansas judges, Mar 29, 2012
• Meisenheimer appointed to 30th District Court in Kansas, Mar 13, 2012
• Kansas Senate says "no" to Court of Appeals selection reform, Feb 24, 2012
• Two judges recommended for 30th District Court of Kansas, Feb 13, 2012
• Kansas considers judicial "musical chairs" as study finds some courts understaffed, Jan 27, 2012
• Wesley Brown, oldest acting federal judge, passes away at 104, Jan 24, 2012
• Kansas doctor asks appeals court to throw out conspiracy conviction, Jan 12, 2012
• Federal 10th Circuit upholds lower court lower court Sharia ruling, Jan 11, 2012

• Kansas Supreme Court hears arguments on smoking ban, Dec 15, 2011
• Kansas District Judge to leave bench for county counselor’s position, Nov 30, 2011
• UPDATE: Felony charges against Planned Parenthood dismissed, Nov 16, 2011
• Candidates chosen to fill Kansas magistrate vacancy, Oct 13, 2011
• State Supreme Court begins community outreach project, Sep 28, 2011
• Supreme Weekly: All over the map, Sep 01, 2011
• Two District Judges chosen to sit with the Kansas Supreme Court, Aug 25, 2011
• Federal judge stops law to defund Kansas Planned Parenthood, Aug 16, 2011
• Judge Ebberts appointed to 3rd District Court of Kansas, Jul 22, 2011
• Kansas court fees increase, Jul 14, 2011
• Three nominated to replace Judge Bruns on Kansas District Court, Jun 27, 2011
• Pratt, Ahlquist appointed to Kansas District Courts, Jun 15, 2011
• Obama nominee gets Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Jun 01, 2011
• Panel investigates ways to make Kansas court system more cost-efficient, May 26, 2011
• Supreme Weekly: Comparing votes from the 2010 election, May 12, 2011
• David Bruns appointed to Kansas Court of Appeals, Apr 27, 2011
• Kansas Supreme Court to hear a case outside of Topeka for the first time, Apr 12, 2011
• Dixon appointed new Kansas Judicial Administrator, Mar 26, 2011
• Karen Arnold-Burger sworn in as Kansas Appellate Court judge, Mar 12, 2011
• Kansas House approves changes to judicial appointment process, Feb 24, 2011
• Kansas Tax Court nominees approved by Senate committee, Feb 14, 2011
• U.S. Appeals Judge Tacha to assume senior status, Jan 21, 2011
• Process underway to select judge to succeed Caplinger in Kansas, Jan 20, 2011

• Nancy Caplinger appointed to Kansas Supreme Court, Nov 01, 2010
• Mahoney joins 29th Judicial District Court, Oct 03, 2010
• Governor Parkinson has three to choose from for Kansas high court, Sep 29, 2010
• Chief judge of the Kansas Court of Appeals to step down, Aug 19, 2010
• Unofficial primary election results: Kansas, Aug 04, 2010
• Chief Justice Davis retires from Kansas high court, Aug 03, 2010
• Replacement judge appointed to Kansas Circuit Court, May 11, 2010
• Kansas Court of Appeals judge dies, Apr 08, 2010
• Kansas Supreme Court upholds woman's rape conviction, Mar 04, 2010
• Kansas Supreme Court refuses to reopen school funding case, Feb 13, 2010
• Federal court lifts restrictions set by lower court, Feb 11, 2010
• Kansas Supreme Court justice out of office for unspecified time, Jan 30, 2010
• Kansas Supreme Court grant temporary stay for reporter asked to testify, Jan 20, 2010

• Ralph DeZago to run for Kansas Attorney General, Jul 10, 2009

Lawyers rank Sedgwick County judge candidates

(7/20/08) Segewick County lawyers rank sitting judges and their 2008 challengers; David Kaufman, Joe Kisner, Robb Rumsey and Jeff Goering received the highest rankings. Rebecca Pilshaw, Dan Brooks and Warren Wilbert received the lowest. (See: how the judges were scored.)

Schlafly rails against appointed state judges

(5/14/08) The conservative figure urged Johnson County (10th Judicial District) voters to approve a proposal on the November 2008 ballot that would allow residents to elect their judges; currently, judges are appointed by a group of lawyers and non-lawyers.

Sebelius names Kittel new 7th Judicial District judge

(3/31/08) The Kansas Governor appointed Peggy Carr Kittel to Stephen Six's district judge seat on the Douglas County bench. The vacancy was created when Sebelius appointed Six as state attorney general in January.