Kansas Supreme Court Nominating Commission

Source: Attorney members • Anne Burke, chair • First congressional district: David Rebein • Second congressional district: Natalie Haag • Third congressional district: Matthew Keenan • Fourth congressional district: Jay Fowler Non attorney members • First congressional district: Linda Weis • Second congressional district: Felita Kahrs • Third congressional district: Robert Hayworth • Fourth congressional district: Dennis Hedke ==Proposed changes to the selection process==

Periodically, Kansas legislators propose to change the way Kansas Supreme Court justices are selected, which would require an amendment to the state constitution. As recently as February 2016, such an attempt was defeated in the legislature. Stephen Ware, a law professor at the University of Kansas, is a critic of the way justices are selected in Kansas. In a 2007 paper, he wrote, "Kansas is the only state in the union that gives the members of its bar majority control over the selection of state supreme court justices." However, five other states — Florida, Missouri, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Wyoming — and the District of Columbia have merit selection commissions where a majority of the members are attorneys. ==References==