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Wednesday, January 29,1975
University Daily Kansan
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From Page One
Courts ...
"There is some opposition to abolishing the municipal courts because they are seen as a source of revenue, especially in the urban areas. Wichita alone is $2 million. But the state legislature could easily attach a provision returning 80 to 90 per cent of the revenue to the county."
A majority of voters in most Kansas counties already have expressed their preference for the nonpartisan merit election of all judges. A local option plan for the state's judicial district has been approved by voters in 23 of 29 of the state's judicial districts in the November election.
James said organized opposition to the plan was partly responsible for its defeat in 1982.
"Lawyers in some areas spoke out against it," he said. "They want to continue to have some political influence on judges. Lawyers want to run the show."
James said there were "lots of evils" involved in the partisan election of judges. If a judge accepts a campaign contribution from an individual or group, any case that involves the interests of that individual or group is prejudiced, he said.
"THE SELECTION OF judges needs to be taken out of politics," James said. "We need to break the political contacts. They're ok for politicians, but not for judges."
"When there is the influence of campaign contributors, the court is no longer an impartial forum for the determination of rights."
The report suggests that the state should assume all costs of the judicial system except for the physical facilities for district courts. There is also now finance much of the judicial system.
Gov. Robert F. Bennett endorsed the company's report in his budget message
to the Legislature last Thursday but didn't recommend appropriations for state financing of the judicial system. Bennett said he wanted to wait until the state's economic picture was clearer and the other proposals of the report had been implemented before he recommended funding.
The proposed reforms also have been endorsed by the American Bar Association, the National Conference on the Judiciary, the National Commission on Criminal Justice and the Citizens' Conference on Kansas Courts.
James said he didn't know how much support the proposed reforms had in the Legislature. Three local legislators agreed that reform of the court system was needed.
STATE SEN. ARDEN Booth, RLawrence, said Douglas County voters already had approved the nonpartisan creation of a Kansas court of appeals.
"For what it costs, it would be a great improvement in clearing up the Supreme Court."
State Rep. Lloyd Busty, R-Lawrence, said he expected the judiciary committee to produce a favorable recommendation on whether he would be allowed weeks if hearings could be arranged soon.
"I've visited with county attorneys and others, and it looks as though we're going to need some changes in the judicial system, but I don't know the total reorganization," Burzi said.
"The proposal of a separate appeals court is very worthwhile," he said. "Appeals are delayed a long time now and costs are high. The court is definitely being overworked."
State Rep. Mike Glover, D-Lawrence, said he supported the KJSAC proposals.
THERE IS A PARTICULAR need to abolish municipal courts, Glover said.
Filing deadline
Filing deadline for candidates for Student Senate and class offices is a p.m. today in the Student Senate Office, room 105B of the Kansas Union. Candidates are required to pay a $ 5 filing fee and class officer candidates are also required to present a petition of support with signatures of 50 of their classmates. Petitions may be picked up at the Senate office. Elections will be Feb. 12 and 13.
On Campus
Tuesday's Kansas incorrectly stated that Muriel Paul, Lawrence graduate student, was working toward a doctoral degree in the School of Social Welfare; he worked against work in the School of Education. He was also a complaint against Office of Academic Affairs that alleges discriminatory hiring practices.
Corrections
Reginald Brown, a member of Tau Sigma, is a Kansas City, Kan., senior rather than a Tompea graduate student as reported in Friday's Kansan. The amount of movie profits referred to in Kenn Louden's Friday editorial should have been $1.692 billion instead of $1.892 billion.
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