Top Kansas court considers forcing vote on withdrawn nominee
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May 10, 2019
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A ruling from Kansas' highest court could force the state Senate to vote on a nominee for a lower-court judgeship whose nomination was withdrawn because of his political tweets.
The state Supreme Court waded Thursday into an unprecedented legal dispute between Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly and the GOP-controlled state Senate's top Republican over filling a vacancy on the Kansas Court of Appeals, the state's second-highest court. The two disagree over whether the governor can submit a new nominee to the Senate for possible confirmation.
Kelly withdrew Labette County District J...
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