The amendment instead would give voters the power to vote on candidates for the Supreme Court, and mega-donors the power to influence court decisions. Conservatives have long raged against Kansas Supreme Court rulings that upheld constitutional rights to terminate a pregnancy and adequately fund public schools. They plotted to change the way Supreme Court justices are selected and, as a result, overturn those rulings. Supreme Court Chief Justice Bill Smith, a Republican, was prepared to retire midterm but didn’t want a Democrat to choose his replacement. The commission vets candidates for Supreme Court openings and sends three finalists to the governor, who chooses from those three.