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47 Court Cases
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Jun 13, 2019
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  • Voting Rights|
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Clark et al v. Schwab and Metsker

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Jun 11, 2019
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  • Criminal Legal Reform

Amicus Brief: Kahler v. Kansas

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Apr 04, 2019
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  • The First Amendment

Cole et al v. Goossen

On April 4, 2019, the ACLU of Kansas sued officials of the Kansas Statehouse on behalf of three Kansas State University Students detained the week before for unfurling a banner in the Capitol rotunda.
Court Case
Mar 13, 2019
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  • Criminal Legal Reform

Appeal of Kansas v. Hayes

On March 12, 2019, the ACLU of Kansas filed a criminal appeal challenging the constitutionality of Sedgwick County's standard probation conditions for gang members as both overbroad and vague in violation of the First and Fourteenth Amendments.
Court Case
Oct 26, 2018
Dodge City LOL
  • Voting Rights

KS LULAC and Rangel-Lopez v. Cox

Court Case
Sep 17, 2018
We sued - Metsker refuses to tell voters if their ballots counted

Hammet v. Metsker

On September 17, 2018, the ACLU of Kansas filed a suit on behalf of Davis Hammet against Johnson County Election Commissioner Ronnie Metsker for refusing to tell Johnson County voters whether their votes counted.
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Jul 23, 2018
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  • LGBTQ+ Rights

Lamb v. Norwood

On July 23, the American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Kansas, Lambda Legal, National Center for Transgender Equality, and Transcend Legal filed a brief of amici curiae calling on the Tenth Circuit Court to amend parts of its opinion in Lamb v. Norwood.
Court Case
Jun 19, 2018
Kris Kobach cares more about his illegal voter suppression experiment than following laws that protect you from identity theft and fraud. So we're suing him (again).
  • Voting Rights

Moore v. Schwab (previously Moore v. Kobach)

On June 19, 2018, the ACLU of Kansas filed a class-action lawsuit against Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach on behalf of three individual plaintiffs, who had their constitutional rights to privacy violated by Sec. Kobach's office through the Crosscheck program.
Court Case
Jun 08, 2018
Why is Larry Markle so afraid of merely providing information?
  • Criminal Legal Reform

Kansas Crossroads Foundation and Wilson v. Markle

Court Case
Jun 13, 2019
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Jun 13, 2019
  • Voting Rights|
  • +1 Issue

Clark et al v. Schwab and Metsker

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Jun 11, 2019
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Jun 11, 2019
  • Criminal Legal Reform

Amicus Brief: Kahler v. Kansas

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Apr 04, 2019
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Apr 04, 2019
  • The First Amendment

Cole et al v. Goossen

On April 4, 2019, the ACLU of Kansas sued officials of the Kansas Statehouse on behalf of three Kansas State University Students detained the week before for unfurling a banner in the Capitol rotunda.
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Court Case
Mar 13, 2019
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Mar 13, 2019
  • Criminal Legal Reform

Appeal of Kansas v. Hayes

On March 12, 2019, the ACLU of Kansas filed a criminal appeal challenging the constitutionality of Sedgwick County's standard probation conditions for gang members as both overbroad and vague in violation of the First and Fourteenth Amendments.
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Court Case
Oct 26, 2018
Dodge City LOL
Court Case
Oct 26, 2018
  • Voting Rights

KS LULAC and Rangel-Lopez v. Cox

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Court Case
Sep 17, 2018
We sued - Metsker refuses to tell voters if their ballots counted
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Sep 17, 2018

Hammet v. Metsker

On September 17, 2018, the ACLU of Kansas filed a suit on behalf of Davis Hammet against Johnson County Election Commissioner Ronnie Metsker for refusing to tell Johnson County voters whether their votes counted.
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Jul 23, 2018
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Jul 23, 2018
  • LGBTQ+ Rights

Lamb v. Norwood

On July 23, the American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Kansas, Lambda Legal, National Center for Transgender Equality, and Transcend Legal filed a brief of amici curiae calling on the Tenth Circuit Court to amend parts of its opinion in Lamb v. Norwood.
Explore Case
Court Case
Jun 19, 2018
Kris Kobach cares more about his illegal voter suppression experiment than following laws that protect you from identity theft and fraud. So we're suing him (again).
Court Case
Jun 19, 2018
  • Voting Rights

Moore v. Schwab (previously Moore v. Kobach)

On June 19, 2018, the ACLU of Kansas filed a class-action lawsuit against Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach on behalf of three individual plaintiffs, who had their constitutional rights to privacy violated by Sec. Kobach's office through the Crosscheck program.
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Court Case
Jun 08, 2018
Why is Larry Markle so afraid of merely providing information?
Court Case
Jun 08, 2018
  • Criminal Legal Reform

Kansas Crossroads Foundation and Wilson v. Markle

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