(Updated to include recommendation to full Senate)
State appeals court nominee Lori Bolton Fleming on Monday morning navigated questions about judicial philosophy, agency regulations, attorney shortages and how to define a woman.
Fleming, a district judge appointed by Gov. Laura Kelly to sit on the Kansas Court of Appeals, appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee where she fielded a variety of questions during her confirmation hearing.
The Senate Judiciary Committee recommended Fleming to the Senate for approval.
Fleming told senators that judges apply laws, don't make them and that she uses an originalist approach in interpreting law.
She said . . .
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