TKC Told You So: WaPo Talks Abortion & Kansas Supreme Vote

National news agrees with a note we shared last month . . . Despite all the silly Kansas history trivia, the reality is that, like it or not, this vote is about pushing back abortion access the voters approved.

Here's the word . . .  

The fight over the Kansas Supreme Court reflects the growing importance of state courts since the U.S. Supreme Court ended the federal constitutional right to abortion and put claims of partisan gerrymandering beyond the reach of federal judges.

“State supreme courts are doing what the federal Supreme Court used to do — the difference being that you can manipulate the composition of the state supreme court through elections,” said Charles Geyh, an Indiana University law professor who has written extensively about state supreme courts. 

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

The next abortion battle is over Kansas's highest court

Voters will decide whether to replace a nearly 70-year-old appointment system with direct elections that could reshape the state Supreme Court for decades.

Because this is a really good report and we don't think Bezos would be bothered, we'll go ahead and share the archive link for close readers.

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