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60 relations: Abortion, Age of consent, Bill Graves, Caldwell, Kansas, Caleb Stegall, Capital punishment, Carol A. Beier, Chief Justice, Child support, Courts of Kansas, Daniel Biles, Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution, El Dorado, Kansas, Eric Rosen, Executive (government), Franklin Pierce, Fred Hall, George Tiller, Goodland, Kansas, Hermesmann v. Seyer, Impeachment, John McCuish, Judicial activism, Judiciary, Kansas, Kansas City, Kansas, Kansas Court of Appeals, Kansas Legislature, Kansas Supreme Court Nominating Commission, Kansas v. Marsh, Kansas's congressional districts, Kansas–Nebraska Act, Kathleen Sebelius, Lawton Nuss, Lawyer, Lee A. Johnson, Legislature, List of Governors of Kansas, List of Justices of the Kansas Supreme Court, Marla Luckert, Missouri Plan, Mitigating factor, Paul J. Morrison, Phill Kline, Professional responsibility, Retention election, Retirement, Salina, Kansas, Sam Brownback, Samuel Dexter LeCompte, ..., Secret ballot, Separation of powers, State court (United States), State v. Limon, Statutory rape, Supreme Court of the United States, Topeka, Kansas, University of Kansas School of Law, Washburn University School of Law, Wyandotte Constitution. Expand index (10 more) »
Abortion
Abortion is the ending of pregnancy by removing an embryo or fetus before it can survive outside the uterus.
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Age of consent
The age of consent is the age below which a minor is considered to be legally incompetent to consent to sexual acts.
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Bill Graves
William Preston Graves (born January 9, 1953) is a former American politician who was the 43rd Governor of Kansas from 1995 until 2003.
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Caldwell, Kansas
Caldwell is a city in Sumner County, Kansas, United States.
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Caleb Stegall
Caleb Stegall (born September 20, 1971) is an American attorney and writer residing in Perry, Kansas.
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Capital punishment
Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty, is a government-sanctioned practice whereby a person is put to death by the state as a punishment for a crime.
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Carol A. Beier
Carol A. Beier (born September 27, 1958) is a Kansas Supreme Court Justice appointed by Governor Kathleen Sebelius.
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Chief Justice
The Chief Justice is the presiding member of a supreme court in any of many countries with a justice system based on English common law, such as the Supreme Court of Bangladesh, the Supreme Court of Canada, the Supreme Court of Singapore, the Court of Final Appeal of Hong Kong, the Supreme Court of Japan, the Supreme Court of India, the Supreme Court of Pakistan, the Supreme Court of Nigeria, the Supreme Court of Nepal, the Constitutional Court of South Africa, the Supreme Court of Ireland, the Supreme Court of New Zealand, the High Court of Australia, the Supreme Court of the United States, and provincial or state supreme courts.
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Child support
In family law and public policy, child support (or child maintenance) is an ongoing, periodic payment made by a parent for the financial benefit of a child (or parent, caregiver, guardian, or state) following the end of a marriage or other relationship.
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Courts of Kansas
Courts of Kansas include:;State courts of Kansas.
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Daniel Biles
Daniel Biles (born August 12, 1952) is a Justice of the Kansas Supreme Court.
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Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Eighth Amendment (Amendment VIII) of the United States Constitution prohibits the federal government from imposing excessive bail, excessive fines, or cruel and unusual punishments.
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El Dorado, Kansas
El Dorado is city and county seat of Butler County, Kansas, United States.
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Eric Rosen
Eric S. Rosen (born March 25, 1953) is a Kansas Supreme Court Justice.
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Executive (government)
The executive is the organ exercising authority in and holding responsibility for the governance of a state.
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Franklin Pierce
Franklin Pierce (November 23, 1804 – October 8, 1869) was the 14th President of the United States (1853–1857), a northern Democrat who saw the abolitionist movement as a fundamental threat to the unity of the nation.
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Fred Hall
Frederick "Fred" Lee Hall (July 24, 1916 – March 18, 1970) was a Republican lawyer and politician who served as Lieutenant Governor of Kansas, 1951–55 and the 33rd Governor of Kansas, 1955-57.
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George Tiller
George Richard Tiller (August 8, 1941 – May 31, 2009) was an American physician from Wichita, Kansas.
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Goodland, Kansas
Goodland is a city in and the county seat of Sherman County, Kansas, United States.
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Hermesmann v. Seyer
Hermesmann v. Seyer (State ex rel. Hermesmann v. Seyer 847 P.2d 1273 (Kan. 1993)) was a precedent-setting Kansas, United States case in which Colleen Hermesmann successfully argued that a woman is entitled to sue the father of her child for child support even if conception occurred as a result of a criminal act committed by the woman.
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Impeachment
Impeachment is the process by which a legislative body formally levels charges against a high official of government.
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John McCuish
John Berridge McCuish (June 22, 1906 – March 12, 1962) was the 34th Governor of Kansas.
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Judicial activism
Judicial activism refers to judicial rulings that are suspected of being based on personal opinion, rather than on existing law.
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Judiciary
The judiciary (also known as the judicial system or court system) is the system of courts that interprets and applies the law in the name of the state.
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Kansas
Kansas is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States.
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Kansas City, Kansas
Kansas City is the third-largest city in the State of Kansas, the county seat of Wyandotte County, and the third-largest city of the Kansas City metropolitan area.
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Kansas Court of Appeals
The Kansas Court of Appeals is the intermediate-level appellate court for the U.S. state of Kansas.
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Kansas Legislature
The Kansas Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Kansas.
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Kansas Supreme Court Nominating Commission
The Kansas Supreme Court Nominating Commission was established in 1958 when Kansas voters supported an amendment to the state's constitution.
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Kansas v. Marsh
Kansas v. Marsh,, is a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that a Kansas death penalty statute was consistent with the United States Constitution.
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Kansas's congressional districts
Kansas is currently divided into 4 congressional districts, each represented by a member of the United States House of Representatives.
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Kansas–Nebraska Act
The Kansas–Nebraska Act of 1854 created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska and was drafted by Democratic Senator Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois and President Franklin Pierce.
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Kathleen Sebelius
Kathleen Sebelius (née Gilligan; born May 15, 1948) is an American businesswoman and politician who served as the 21st United States Secretary of Health and Human Services from 2009 until 2014.
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Lawton Nuss
Lawton R. Nuss (born December 30, 1952) is a Kansas Supreme Court Justice appointed by Governor Bill Graves in August 2002.
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Lawyer
A lawyer or attorney is a person who practices law, as an advocate, attorney, attorney at law, barrister, barrister-at-law, bar-at-law, counsel, counselor, counsellor, counselor at law, or solicitor, but not as a paralegal or charter executive secretary.
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Lee A. Johnson
Lee A. Johnson (born June 28, 1947) is a Kansas Supreme Court Justice appointed by Governor Kathleen Sebelius.
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Legislature
A legislature is a deliberative assembly with the authority to make laws for a political entity such as a country or city.
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List of Governors of Kansas
The Governor of Kansas is the head of the executive branch of Kansas's state governmentKS Const.
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List of Justices of the Kansas Supreme Court
Following is a list of Justices of the Kansas Supreme Court.
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Marla Luckert
Marla Luckert (born July 20, 1955) is a Kansas Supreme Court Justice appointed by Governor Bill Graves on Nov.
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Missouri Plan
The Missouri Plan (originally the Missouri Nonpartisan Court Plan, also known as the merit plan, or some variation) is a method for the selection of judges.
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Mitigating factor
In United States criminal law, a mitigating factor is any information or evidence presented to the court regarding the defendant or the circumstances of the crime that might result in reduced charges or a lesser sentence.
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Paul J. Morrison
Paul J. Morrison (born June 1, 1954) is an American lawyer and former Attorney General of Kansas.
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Phill Kline
Phillip D. Kline (born December 31, 1959) is a former Kansas state legislator (1992-2000), former district attorney of Johnson County, and the Attorney General of Kansas from January 2003 to January 2007.
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Professional responsibility
Professional responsibility is the area of legal practice that encompasses the duties of attorneys to act in a professional manner, obey the law, avoid conflicts of interest, and put the interests of clients ahead of their own interests.
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Retention election
A judicial retention election (or retention referendum) is a periodic process in some jurisdictions whereby a judge is subject to a referendum held at the same time as a general election.
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Retirement
Retirement is the withdrawal from one's position or occupation or from one's active working life.
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Salina, Kansas
Salina is a city in and the county seat of Saline County, Kansas, United States.
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Sam Brownback
Samuel Dale Brownback (born September 12, 1956) is an American attorney, politician, and diplomat serving as the United States Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom since 2018.
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Samuel Dexter LeCompte
Samuel Dexter LeCompte was born in Dorchester County, Maryland, USA, on December 13, 1814.
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Secret ballot
The secret ballot is a voting method in which a voter's choices in an election or a referendum is anonymous, forestalling attempts to influence the voter by intimidation, blackmailing, and potential vote buying.
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Separation of powers
The separation of powers is a model for the governance of a state.
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State court (United States)
In the United States, a state court has jurisdiction over disputes with some connection to a U.S. state, as opposed to the federal government.
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State v. Limon
State v. Limon, 280 Kan.
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Statutory rape
In some common law jurisdictions, statutory rape is nonforcible sexual activity in which one of the individuals is below the age of consent (the age required to legally consent to the behavior).
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Supreme Court of the United States
The Supreme Court of the United States (sometimes colloquially referred to by the acronym SCOTUS) is the highest federal court of the United States.
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Topeka, Kansas
Topeka (Kansa: Tó Pee Kuh) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Kansas and the seat of Shawnee County.
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University of Kansas School of Law
The University of Kansas School of Law is a public law school located on the main campus of the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas.
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Washburn University School of Law
The Washburn University School of Law, commonly referred to as Washburn Law, is a public law school located on the main campus of Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas.
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Wyandotte Constitution
The Wyandotte Constitution admitted Kansas as a free state, although it was not the first choice.
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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas_Supreme_Court
