Rep. John Carmichael, a Wichita Democrat, concurred with Longbine. Polling has shown the Supreme Court to be more popular than Brownback and the Republican-led Legislature, he said.

 

“For good reason,” Carmichael said. “A constitutional amendment would be defeated and all the justices retained.”

 

http://cjonline.com/news/state/2016-07-09/gop-rivals-supreme-court-moderates-agonize-over-missed-chance

 “This is a win for taxpayers, students and the state,” said state Rep. John Carmichael. A member of one school board called the ruling a “big, big relief all the way around.”

http://hppr.org/post/kansas-reaches-compromise-school-funding-crisis