The ACLU of Kansas exhausts all possible options before pursuing litigation, which is a last resort. Writing open letters to public officials holds them accountable and can often resolve issues without getting the courts involved.
As Kansas manages the presence of COVID-19 within its borders, we hope that you will consider the ACLU of Kansas as a resource in your work to develop and implement a response plan that protects the health, safety, and civil liberties of all Kansans.
We urge you to immediately cease all enforcement of the city’s camping ordinance against houseless individuals, including the automatic seizure and destruction of personal property without due process of law.
We have constitutional concerns with the Kansas Prisoner Review Board's current practices for juvenile applicants seeking parole release. We write to provide a set of regulatory proposals that would correct these constitutional errors.
We write this letter to urge you to veto the Conference Committee Report for Senate Bill 67 (CCR SB 67)— a bill that would require doctors to inform patients that medication abortions are “reversible.”
On March 21, 2019, the ACLU of Kansas sent a letter to the Kansas Attorney General's office requesting an investigation into a pervasive culture of racial bias in the Tonganoxie Police Department after a black man was detained by local police while moving into his own home.
As your administration sets its priorities and direction for Kansas, we encourage you to take steps to actively defend the values of freedom, justice, and equality that we share as Americans.