Kansas Senate President Ty Masterson, R-Andover, testifies during a committee hearing in favor of having state Supreme Court justices elected rather than having applicants for vacancies screened by a nominating commission and appointed by the governor, with no role for legislators, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kans. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
Fred Logan, a Kansas City-area attorney and a former Kansas Republican Party chair, urges a legislative committee not to scrap the current system of picking state Supreme Court justices in favor of electing them, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kans. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
Rashane Hamby, policy director for the American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas, follows testimony in a legislative committee hearing on a proposal her group opposes to have state Supreme Court justices elected rather than appointed by the governor after applicants are screened by a nominating commission, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kans. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
Mary Torrence, a Topeka, Kansas, resident, wears a button during a legislative committee hearing expressing her opposition to a proposal to have state Supreme Court justices elected rather than appointed by the governor after a nominating commission screens applications for vacancies, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kans. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
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Kansas Senate President Ty Masterson, R-Andover, testifies during a committee hearing in favor of having state Supreme Court justices elected rather than having applicants for vacancies screened by a nominating commission and appointed by the governor, with no role for legislators, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kans. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
