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UPDATED: Kelly names Johnson County district judge to Supreme Court

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Pool photo by John Hanna, Associated Press. District Judge Christopher Jayaram hears oral arguments on the constitutionality of state abortion law.

(Updated to include comments from governor and Kansas Family Voice and the screening panel voting results plus comments made to the screening panel last year about judicial philosophy)

In five years, Christopher Jayaram of Lenexa has vaulted from a lawyer in private practice to seat on the Kansas Supreme Court when he was appointed Monday by Gov. Laura Kelly to the state's highest court.

Kelly picked Jayaram over Johnson County District Judge  Robert Wonnell and Douglas County District Judge Carl Folsom . . .

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