Not only did opponents of the constitutional amendment turning justices into politicians face a forbidding political landscape, but they needed to communicate with their fellow Kansans. To their credit, Kansas voters listened. “So much was on the line tonight: abortion rights, voting rights, public education, workers’ rights, and the fundamental freedoms guaranteed to every Kansan,” said Micah Kubic, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas. Back then, our headline called the result an “unexpected landslide.” That makes Aug. 4 an unexpected tsunami.