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Text of the Topeka Constitution The Topeka Constitutional Convention met in opposition to the first territorial legislature, from which free-staters had been excluded, and that they called "bogus". It adopted the Topeka Constitution on December 15, 1855, which was approved territory-wide on January 15, 1856.
The Leavenworth Constitution was drafted by a convention of Free-Staters, and was the most progressive of the four proposed constitutions. The conspicuous aspects of this Constitution were a Bill of Rights that referred to " all men " (making no distinction between the rights of white men and Black men), the banning of slavery from the state ...
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The constitution settled the terms of Kansas' admission to the United States, particularly establishing that it would be a free state rather than a slave state. [1] The constitution represented a pragmatic compromise over hotly contested issues: it rejected slavery and affirmed separate property rights for married women and their right to participate in school elections, but also denied ...
The Kansas Supreme Court offered a mixed bag in a ruling Friday that combined several challenges to a 2021 election law, siding with state officials on one provision, reviving challenges to others ...
Letting the Legislature override any governor, or requiring county sheriffs to be elected, would have long-lasting effects on the balance of power. | Opinion
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A split Kansas Supreme Court ruling last week issued in a lawsuit over a 2021 election law found that voting is not a fundamental right listed in the state Constitution's Bill of Rights. The ...