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The ACLU of Kansas and the Campaign Legal Center, along with pro bono assistance from Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, filed suit in Wyandotte County District Court Monday, seeking to block the recently enacted congressional redistricting map, claiming it is a partisan and racial gerrymander.
As we learned today that the Kansas Senate successfully over-rode Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of the patently unfair Ad Astra redistricting map, we can’t say that we’re surprised, but we are disappointed.
Democracy wasn’t allowed a seat at the table for this vote.
Topeka, KS – The Senate passed a gerrymandered Congressional map that will crack Black and Hispanic voters from the Kansas City urban center into a more conservative, rural district.
In a victory for plaintiffs, the United States District Court for the District of Kansas denied significant portions of the City of Wichita’s motion to dismiss the class-action lawsuit challenging Wichita’s “Gang List.”
Dr. Micah W. Kubic, who grew the ACLU of Kansas from a three-person team to a 15-member major player in state politics, will return to Kansas after a roughly three-year stint as the head of the ACLU’s Florida affiliate.
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Kansas has changed its policy that forced people seeking gender-affirming surgery to legally change their name before the insurance giant would cover the surgery.