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FILE - In this May 9, 2019, file photo, Kansas Supreme Court Chief Justice Lawton Nuss, right, asks a question while Justice Marla Luckert listens during oral arguments in a school funding case in Topeka, Kan. Nuss plans to retire in December, giving Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly a second appointment on the court. Nuss announced Friday, July 26, 2019, that he plans to step down Dec. 17 after serving on the court since 2002 and as chief justice since 2010. He was an appointee of moderate Republican Gov. Bill Graves.(AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

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Kansas Supreme Court Chief Justice Lawton Nuss speaks while Senate president Susan Wagle looks on during the annual State of the Judiciary address at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan., Wednesday, March 15, 2017. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

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Kansas Supreme Court Chief Justice Lawton Nuss answers questions Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014, following his delivery of his State of the Judiciary address in Topeka, Kan. Nuss renewed his plea for legislators to increase the judicial branch budget for 2015 to avoid shortfalls that could result in employee furloughs and closing of courthouses. (AP Photo/John Milburn.)

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