Cases

Along with our advocacy, legislative, and public education work, litigation remains one of the fundamental tools with which the ACLU of Kansas fights for equality and civil rights throughout the Sunflower State. See below for more information on the cases we've brought to the courts.

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May 28, 2025

Loe v. Kansas

LGBTQ+ Rights

On May 28, 2025, the ACLU and the ACLU of Kansas filed a lawsuit on behalf of two transgender adolescents and their parents have filed a challenge in Kansas state court against SB 63, a law passed in the...

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Oct 2, 2024

Challenging Death Qualification and the Death Penalty in Kansas (Kansas v. Fielder)

Criminal Legal Reform

Death qualification is discriminatory. Echoing a long history of racial bias in the criminal legal system, the practice dictates that to serve on a capital jury, a prospective juror must be willing to...

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Sep 21, 2023

AMICUS BRIEF: League of Women Voters of Kansas, Loud Light, et al. v. Schwab and Kobach

Voting Rights

On September 21, 2023, the ACLU of Kansas filed an amicus brief in League of Women Voters of Kansas, Loud Light, Kansas Appleseed Center for Law and Justice, Topeka Independent Living Resource Center,...

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Sep 15, 2023

AMICUS BRIEF: Vote America and Voter Participation Center v. Schwab, Kobach, Howe

Voting Rights
Status: Active

On September 15, 2023, the ACLU of Kansas, ACLU, ACLU of Colorado, ACLU of New Mexico, ACLU of Oklahoma, ACLU of Utah, and ACLU of Wyoming filed an amicus brief in Vote America and Voter Participation...

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Aug 3, 2023

AMICUS BRIEF: Kansas v. Younger

On August 1, 2023, the ACLU of Kansas filed an amicus brief in State of Kansas v. Kimberley S. Younger before the Kansas Supreme Court. The brief argues that criminal defendants have a right to...

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Jul 11, 2023

Motion to intervene: Kansas v. Harper

LGBTQ+ Rights
Status: Active

On July 11, 2023, the ACLU of Kansas, the ACLU, and Stinson LLP filed a motion to intervene in a lawsuit between Attorney General Kris Kobach and the Kansas Department of Revenue, on behalf of five...

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