Rather than accepting the decisions of the two highest courts in our state, Mr. Kobach is resorting to backroom attempts to change the law and shut the courts out of our government so he can have full, unchecked power.

The Kansas Supreme Court this week denied Attorney General Kris Kobach’s request to keep in place a district court order preventing transgender Kansans from getting driver’s licenses with accurate gender markers. Earlier this year, the Kansas Court of Appeals had issued a decision protecting transgender Kansans’ rights, which the attorney general had appealed. This week’s denial of that appeal means that the decision can go into effect Monday, October 6.

The ACLU of Kansas will host a Justice Summit to highlight the systemic injustice of the money bail system and disseminate key findings from its recent report, The Price of Freedom: Bail in Sedgwick County.

Last night, the Roeland Park City Council passed a resolution by a unanimous vote urging the Secretary of State to work with the Johnson County Election Office to provide election materials translated into Spanish.

The ACLU of Kansas, El Centro, and community partners will gather to discuss how Johnson County can lead the way in ensuring language access at the polls.

In a victory for transgender Kansans, a Kansas state appeals court has reversed a district court decision barring the Kansas government from making changes to gender markers on driver’s licenses.

Immigrants detained at the Federal Correctional Institution Leavenworth (FCI) currently face a number of problematic and unlawful conditions, and a significant number of people detained at FCI Leavenworth continue to be held in ICE's custody even though they have won their immigration cases.