Courts & rulings
Kansas · highest court
Kansas Supreme Court
Merit + retention
Chief: By seniority, the justice with the longest continuous service serves as chief justice (may decline). Term runs as long as that seniority and willingness continue..
Justices
All judges & justices →- Eric S. Rosen
- Dan Biles
- Caleb Stegall
- Melissa Taylor Standridge
- K.J. Wall
- Larkin Walsh
Roster as of 2026-06-13.
Constitution of the State of Kansas (Wyandotte Constitution)
Adopted 1859. Its declaration of rights sits in Kansas Bill of Rights (front section, preceding Article 1). This court has the final word on what the Kansas constitution means.
Mixed approach
How a state reads its own rights provisions relative to the federal floor, lockstep vs departure.
State-court structure and selection methods are from official and reference sources; the justice roster is point-in-time. Civibrief carries each state's highest court (lower state courts are out of scope for now).