We support Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto today striking down a raft of cynical voter suppression bills aimed at disenfranchising Kansas voters. We believe that in America, voting is a right, not a privilege.

The ACLU of Kansas supports Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of Senate Bill 55 which limits the participation of trans athletes, and we urge legislators of conscience to hold the line and keep the veto in place.

A jury has found former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin guilty on all charges in the murder of George Floyd.

Today, the ACLU of Kansas and Kansas Appleseed Center for Law and Justice filed a class action lawsuit against the City of Wichita, on behalf of Kansans who have been unlawfully targeted and harmed by the Wichita Police Department’s use of an unconstitutional Gang List.

The Kansas Department of Corrections today released Christopher McIntyre, a 47-year-old man battling stage four cancer in multiple parts of his body, from the Lansing Correctional Facility into the care of his family in Wichita.

The ACLU of Kansas strongly opposes SB208 and urges the Kansas Senate to see this bill for what it is: a baseless attack on transgender youth that is both deeply harmful and unlawful.

Imposing a ban on transgender girls and young women participating in athletics consistent with their gender identity is discriminatory and unconstitutional.

In response to the violence at the U.S. Capitol building, delaying the certification of the Electoral College tally, ACLU leaders issued the following statements