Press Releases

ACLU of Kansas urges caution, concern following House vote on abortion amendment

Still, today's outcome is only a temporary victory for reproductive rights in Kansas. We need all Kansans standing ready to defend these rights, as we defend the Kansas Constitution and work to ensure that politics are not put above women’s health.

Statement from ACLU of Kansas Executive Director Nadine Johnson re: proposed bill limiting participation in high school sports based on gender 

Producing favorable educational outcomes should be the focus, rather than singling out certain students for discrimination.

Highway Patrol’s “Kansas Two Step” violates Fourth Amendment rights of motorists against illegal search, seizures

In a sharp challenge to the Kansas Highway Patrol’s practice of targeting motorists with out-of-state plates traveling to and from Colorado, the ACLU of Kansas filed suit against what it called unconstitutional targeting and routinely employing a training technique known as the “Kansas Two-Step."

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