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Oct. 27, 2021Topeka, Kan. |  By: AP

Kansas court wonders: Is it too late to rule on COVID law?

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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Kansas' top court is wrestling wrestled with deciding whether the state constitution allows people to keep getting quick judicial decisions in lawsuits against COVID-19 restrictions.

The state Supreme Court heard arguments from attorneys Tuesday on a law requiring district courts to rule within 10 days when someone sues over a county restriction. Three of the seven justices expressed skepticism that the law is constitutional.

But the court is considering an appeal in a lawsuit against a school district's mask mandate, and school districts are covered by a different law that expired in June. The issue is whether that case was dead before it came to the justices.