Gov. Brownback Discusses New Judicial Selection Process

(AP) Gov. Sam Brownback is preparing to address members of a conservative legal organization about judicial selection following recent changes in how state Court of Appeals judges are picked. The appearance comes two weeks after the state Senate confirmed Brownback’s chief counsel, Caleb Stegall, to the Kansas Court of Appeals. Brownback advocated changing the state’s judicial selection system, and the law that took effect in July allows him to appoint judges to the Court of Appeals subject to Senate confirmation.