Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly tapped a Leawood attorney to fill a vacancy, at a time when conservatives want supreme court justices to be elected in the future.

Democratic Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly appointed Leawood attorney Larkin Walsh on Thursday to the Kansas Supreme Court.

Walsh will replace Justice Evelyn Wilson, who announced in March she would step down due to an ALS diagnosis. She is the fourth state Supreme Court justice Kelly has selected since taking office in 2019.

“My twenty years of experience have reinforced my commitment to the fundamental mission of the courts, which is to ensure access to fair and impartial justice through fidelity to the Rule of Law,” Walsh said in a press release from the governor’s office. Defunded, but not defeated KCUR is committed to local,

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