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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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On October 26, 2018, the ACLU of Kansas filed an emergency motion for a temporary restraining order against Ford County Clerk Deborah Cox on behalf of the League of United Latin American Citizens of Kansas and Alejandro Rangel-Lopez.
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.
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.
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.
*UPDATE*: In September, the Kansas Supreme Court agreed to hear this case and also ordered Larry Markle to respond to our Mandamus petition.
On May 31, 2018, the ACLU of Kansas sued the Shawnee Mission School District for censoring student protests and violating students' free speech rights.
