Salina native, and former Kansas Governor Bill Graves, along with former Governor Kathleen Sebelius, have united to voice skepticism about an effort to change the Kansas Supreme Court. From the U.S. Supreme Court to state courts across the country, polls show sharply declining public confidence in courts as trustworthy institutions. For years, Kansas has selected supreme court justices through a nonpartisan, merit-based process. Kansas voters created this merit-based system after the “Triple Play” scandal, when a state Supreme Court seat was handed out as a political favor. In states that do elect their state supreme court justices, hundreds of millions of dollars now pour into judicial elections.