Skip to content

Condition: Post with Page_List

Listen
Search
Please enter at least 3 characters.

Latest Stories

Kansas court wonders: Is it too late to rule on COVID law?

COVID Law
Getty

Kansas' top court is wrestling with deciding whether the state constitution allows people to keep getting quick judicial decisions in lawsuits against COVID-19 restrictions.

The state Supreme Court heard arguments from attorneys Tuesday on a law requiring district courts to rule within 10 days when someone sues over a county restriction. Three of the seven justices expressed skepticism that the law is constitutional.


But the court is considering an appeal in a lawsuit against a school district's mask mandate, and school districts are covered by a different law that expired in June. The issue is whether that case was dead before it came to the justices.