There will certainly be winners and losers in the wake of the Kansas Supreme Court decision on school funding.

Among the likely losers, the taxpayers of Johnson County who already pay roughly 25 percent of the state's taxes, but receive only about 15 percent of state aid to education. That disparity may get worse.

But the real losers are the citizens of the entire state, and the democratic process. Voters elected a Legislature to make determinations about the level of all state services and the mechanisms to fund them. Amazingly, the state Supreme Court has substituted its judgment for that of the elected legislature and is dictating how much Kansans should spend on public schools.

We don't yet know how the Legislature will respond to this incredible ruling. But it should surprise no one that there are calls for impeachment of the justices and a constitutional amendment to bar courts from issues that should be decided by elected senators and representatives.