The Kansas Republican Party will vote Saturday on whether to support ousting some state Supreme Court justices.
The GOP’s proposed resolution points to gripes with the Kansas Supreme Court over death-penalty reprieves and rebukes of school finance policies.
Five Supreme Court justices are up for retention on the November ballot, but Republicans would be targeting just four.
“Be it resolved,” the resolution reads, “the Kansas Republican Party supports the non-retention of Justice Lawton Nuss, Justice Marla Luckert, Justice Carol Beier, and Justice Daniel Biles.”
The merit selection and retention process were intended to shield justices from politics. The proposed Republican resolution accuses the Kansas Democratic Party of stirring up the partisanship.
Kansas Republicans are also considering a state party platform that calls for a new process for selecting judges.
