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Mar 19, 2025

Kansans to vote on amendment making KS Supreme Court justices run for office

The ACLU of Kansas calls it a power grab by extremist politicians, and an attack on a judicial branch that has ruled against lawmakers on several recent occasions. The amendment will be on the ballots next...

Mar 19, 2025

Kansas House passes amendment to let voters decide on state Supreme Court justices

ACLU of Kansas Executive Director Micah Kubic called the push from Kansas Republicans “a blatant attack by the legislators on our justices [that is] part of a decades-long pattern of politicians attempting to...

Mar 19, 2025

Kansans to vote on constitutional amendment to directly elect state Supreme Court

The bill is opposed by several different organizations that represent the legal profession, as well as the American Civil Liberties Union, the Kansas Organization of State Employees and Planned Parenthood of...

Mar 19, 2025

Kansas House approves amendment on Supreme Court elections

The ACLU of Kansas and its executive director Micah Kubic released a statement in response to the passage of the amendment:

Mar 12, 2025

Should Kansas Supreme Court be elected? GOP pushes constitutional amendment

Republican lawmakers are getting closer to changing how Kansas Supreme Court justices are selected.

Mar 11, 2025

House recommends approval on bill on student preferred names, pronouns

Opponents of the bill included the ACLU of Kansas, Equality Kansas and Loud Light Civic Action. Parents, teachers and students also spoke out against the bill.