Kansas Liberty: 09 March 2009
Derek Schmidt: Nine thousand lawyers 'have extraordinary influence over the composition of the court.' Under new law, the Senate would confirm nominees.
Effort launched in Senate to reform Supreme Court nomination process
A group of Kansas Senators, led by Senate Majority Leader Derek Schmidt, has launched a long-shot effort to change the way state Supreme Court justices are nominated and appointed.
Schmidt, an Independence Republican and a lawyer by profession, said he’d heard some opposing thoughts from fellow members of the bar association. The association would lose clout in the appointment process if a bill introduced late last week by Schmidt - and 16 Senate co-sponsors - becomes law.
“I’ve argued this point with friends of mine in the bar, and they ask me what I was drinking when I wrote it,” he said.
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You're Too Late - Sen. Schmidt, Wagle & Pilcher-Cook!
Before our so called pro-life pro family Republican senators (who all claim to be for transparency & accountability) negotitate with the criminal racketeers in the black robes, let's allow Rep. Jim Morrison's House Committee on Gvoernment Efficient & Fiscal Responsbility to have investigative hearings with full subpoena power to force corrupt attorneys & bar association officals to plead the 5th to avoid self-incrimination. Would it be so terrible if a few por life Republican jduges were humiliated or do we believe in Reagan's 11th commandment that the GOP condones criminal activity that places children's lives at risk so that parasitic attorneys, case managers & forensic psychoglsits can get rich? After the KBA, San Hazlett, the law schools, the behavioral science board & the Supremes are completely humiliated, you will not have any problem problems eliminating the KBA from any role in the selection process. You Senators need to remember that you are not automaticfally entitld to be re-elected and that you need to protect children even if it goes against financial interests of the Topeka lobbyists & administrative attorneys. Bill McKean kiakahahaha@yahoo 316 293-6079