After the Kansas Supreme Court upheld a Republican-drawn congressional map that divides racially diverse Wyandotte County, Kansas State Board of Education member Melanie Haas took to Twitter to express her anger.
The court, wrote the Democrat who represents part of Johnson and Wyandotte counties, had “chosen to endorse racist and classist discrimination, along with gaslighting voters.”
For years, the Kansas Supreme Court has repeatedly left Republicans enraged with its decisions. The seven-member court has found the state constitution protects the right to an abortion, upheld pandemic limits on religious gatherings and required the GOP-controlled Legislature to pump hundreds of millions more into public education.
