what is the purpose and authority of kansas supreme court
Kansas Supreme Court The Kansas Supreme Court is the highest judicial authority in the state of Kansas. Composed of seven justices, led by Chief Justice Lawton Nuss, the court supervises the legal profession, administers the judicial branch, and serves as the state court of last resort in the appeals process.[1]
Kansas Legislature During Kansas' first elections for a territorial government on March 30, 1855, nearly 5,000 Missouri men, led by United States Senator David Rice Atchison and other prominent pro-slavery Missourians, entered the territory, took over the polling places, and elected pro-slavery candidates.[3] The elections resulted in 13 pro-slavery members of the upper house of the territorial legislature and one free-state member, who resigned.[4] The lower house ended up with 25 pro-slavery members and one free-state member.[4] Free-Staters immediately cried foul, naming the new Kansas Territorial Legislature the Bogus Legislature.[5] After meeting for one week in Pawnee at the direction of Territorial Governor Andrew Reeder, the thirty-eight pro-slavery legislators reconvened at the Shawnee Manual Labor School between July 16 and August 30, 1855,[4] and began crafting over a thousand pages of laws aimed at making Kansas a slave state.