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Kansans at odds with justices on immigration, health care
If it had been up to Kansans, rather than the U.S. Supreme Court, to pass judgment on the Arizona immigration law and “Obamacare,” last week’s decisions would have gone the other way. In a SurveyUSA...
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GOP doesn’t talk about disclosure anymore
Many GOP lawmakers used to argue that the best campaign-finance solution was to lift limits on donations but require immediate, full disclosure. But Fred Hiatt, editorial page editor at the Washington...
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Is covering the uninsured ‘not the issue’?
Pressed repeatedly by Fox News anchor Chris Wallace about the GOP health care alternatives, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (in photo), R-Ky., finally responded that reducing the number of...
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Majority backs Roe decision, but opponents most motivated
Seventy percent of Americans want the Roe v. Wade ruling upholding abortion rights to stay, while 24 percent would like it overturned, according to a NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll that came out on...
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Supreme Court bias in the eye of beholder
As the U.S. Supreme Court considers how to rule on two same-sex marriage cases, its favorability rating is at a near historic low – though it is sky-high compared with Congress. A Pew Research Center...
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Big day for gay rights
Though they stopped short of declaring there is a constitutional right to same-sex marriage, Wednesday’s decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court on the Defense of Marriage Act and California’s Proposition...
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Top Kansas leaders mostly silent on same-sex marriage decisions
It was interesting that Kansas’ two U.S. senators and three of its four members of the U.S. House did not release official statements about the U.S. Supreme Court’s rulings on the Defense of Marriage...
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Pro-con: Was same-sex marriage ruling the right decision?
Wednesday saw a triumph in the continuing struggle for equality in America. A divided Supreme Court rolled back two discriminatory laws, California’s Proposition 8 and a provision of the federal...
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Keep special legislative session focused and brief
Gov. Sam Brownback was persuaded of the need to call a $35,000-a-day special session of the Legislature on Sept. 3 to rewrite the state’s “Hard 50” law, because of questions about its constitutionality...
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Court majority doesn’t understand danger of religious intimidation
The reasoning process of the conservative majority (all five are Catholics) in ruling that legislative assemblies can start their sessions with prayers “is nothing short of horrific,” columnist Martin...
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Public wants action on climate change
More than 6 in 10 Americans think action is needed to combat climate change, according to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal survey. What’s more, 57 percent support requiring companies to reduce...
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Kansans for Life credits Brownback for Alito
Gov. Sam Brownback welcomed the U.S. Supreme Court’s Hobby Lobby decision, saying it “affirmed the right of religious freedom, one of the bedrock principles enshrined in our Constitution,” and “again...
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Pro-con: Was Hobby Lobby ruling correct?
Since March 2010, as the Obama administration turned the Affordable Care Act into federal regulations, few provisions grew as controversial as the mandate that most employers provide insurance coverage...
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