Press Releases

ACLU of Kansas settlement puts “Crosscheck” out of commission for foreseeable future; program suspended until safeguards added

The settlement includes a list of information safeguards before the program can resume as well as an “acknowledgment of error” statement from Kansas Secretary of State Scott Schwab’s office.

ACLU of Kansas settles “banishment” case; Bo Dana Rupert no longer precluded by probation terms from returning to the state

This settlement removes that probation stipulation and Markle has agreed not to prosecute Rupert for his absconder status, which Rupert received solely as a result of complying with the plea agreement's banishment terms.

ACLU of Kansas Executive Director joins Listen and Learn panel to discuss the possible “Constitutional Crisis” in Washington, D.C.

Nadine Johnson, Executive Director of the ACLU of Kansas, will round out a panel of legal and political experts discussing the “constitutional crisis” brewing in the nation’s capital on Wednesday, Nov. 6.

ACLU of Kansas names its annual summer legal fellowship after plaintiff Munir Zanial

The ACLU of Kansas has named a new summer fellowship for a plaintiff who waged a courageous religious discrimination lawsuit and donated the proceeds to the civil liberties/civil rights organization.
Court Cases: ZANIAL V. SBEA

Kansas and Missouri ACLU affiliates reach settlement with Bureau of Prisons; Leavenworth inmate will receive opioid medication tonight

The Kansas and Missouri ACLU affiliates and the U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons reached a settlement that will allow a newly admitted inmate to receive a drug used to treat opioid use disorder.
Court Cases: Crews v. Sawyer

MEDIA ADVISORY: ACLU AND BOP AGREE ON CONTINUANCE

The Kansas and Missouri ACLU affiliates and the U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons have agreed to a continuance on a hearing scheduled for today to determine whether a newly admitted inmate can receive a drug used to treat opioid use disorder.

Kansas and Missouri ACLUs sue on behalf of inmate who risks death because prison officials are denying him opioid treatments

The Kansas and Missouri American Civil Liberties Union affiliates sued the Federal Bureau of Prisons on September 6 on behalf of a newly admitted inmate who could die because prison officials prohibit a lifesaving drug used to treat his opioid addiction.

ACLU of Kansas defending fracking activists from investigation meant to silence them

The ACLU of Kansas filed suit in U.S. District court Thursday in defense of environmental activists attacked in a baseless, retaliatory ‘consumer protection’ investigation last year by an official with the Kansas Corporation Commission (KCC).

ACLU of Kansas files motion on behalf of Montgomery County man prosecutors “banished” from the state, told to “never return”

In a case harkening back to the draconian penalties of ancient Greece or the Old West, the ACLU of Kansas filed a motion Wednesday on behalf of a Southeast Kansas man prosecutors have “banished” from the state as a part of his plea agreement.