Kansas conservatives renew push for a constitutional amendment on schools after ruling

The Witchita Eagle: Calls for a state constitutional amendment to restrain the Kansas Supreme Court are growing louder after the justices ruled again that lawmakers are not adequately funding schools.

Conservative Republicans called Monday’s decision an example of judicial overreach and moved to make the court’s power a campaign issue.

A proposed constitutional amendment embraced by some lawmakers would block the court from reviewing overall spending on schools. Amendment supporters must sway voters to elect pro-amendment candidates if they want a realistic chance of passing a change through the Legislature.

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