Kansas municipal courts violate both the state and federal constitutions. Kansas municipal courts don't have the constitutional authority to legally fine people, take property or place people in jail, but do so anyway. The Kansas Constitution assigns the judicial power to courts under the administrative control of the Kansas Supreme Court. Cities have no authority to operate separate court systems under the control of city governments. Cities can only exercise governmental powers as an agency of the state of Kansas because the U.S. Constitution only allows state and federal government agencies to exercise governmental powers. Kansas municipal court "judges" are...