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"This policy change is devastating news for the trans community in Kansas, as accurate, affirming identity documents are crucial for the health, safety, and wellbeing of trans people," said D.C. Hiegert, an LGBTQ+ legal fellow at the ACLU.

“It’s about Quindaro the idea,” said McCormick, who has also written columns for Kansas Reflector. “Quindaro the aspiration, Quindaro the vision. We’re talking about a place, as one of our sources in the report said, is maybe the best example of a multiracial democracy, not only in the history of the state, but to his knowledge, maybe anywhere in the country.”

The issues raised in this case are really significant because at its heart, it goes to whether law enforcement can criminalize protected conduct under the guise of labeling it quote unquote ‘noisy,’” ACLU Legal Director Sharon Brett told The Eagle.

Sharon Brett, legal director for the ACLU of Kansas, said Monday that drivers should not be subjected to different practices based on where they are driving.

Sharon Brett, litigation director with the American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas, said people often struggle with the court process. Courts are confusing and police can take property without having to prove, beyond a reasonable doubt, that a crime happened.

The ACLU of Kansas decried the possibility of CoreCivic operating an ICE facility in a news release Wednesday. Sharon Brett, the chapter’s legal director, said the company was “plainly unable to run a facility that meets even the bare minimum of standards afforded by our Constitution.”

Sharon Brett, legal director of the ACLU in Kansas, said the judge’s proposed remedies illustrated the federal court wouldn’t “tolerate the cowboy mentality of policing that subjects our citizens to conditions of humiliation, degradation, and, in some tragic cases, violence.”

DC Hiegert, LGBTQ legal fellow for the ACLU of Kansas, stated that one of the best ways to support the trans community during this time is to take action by providing aid and resources for those in need.

The constitutional avoidance defense that we're raising in this case certainly requires the attorney general to contend with arguments that he did not want to contend with and was not planning on contending with when he filed this mandamus action," she said.