Kansas made the the front page of The New York Times this past week as the fiery battle to reshape the Kansas Supreme Court and make it more accountable to a conservative-leaning public is heating up. Gov. Sam Brownback and conservative Republicans are outraged about blocked anti-abortion laws and decisions on the funding of K-12 schools. The Court ruled that the state’s public schools would have to shut down if more money was not given to poorer districts by June 30. The Legislature responded