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.

Two transgender adolescents and their parents have filed a challenge in Kansas state court against SB 63, a law passed earlier this year prohibiting access to gender-affirming medical treatments for transgender people under 18.

Just last week this same body claimed we must subject the Supreme Court to partisan elections in order to hear from voters—and yet today they silence those same voters by passing SB 4 into law.

This is a blatant attack by the legislators on our justices, and it’s part of a decades-long pattern of politicians attempting to punish the judicial branch for issuing decisions on education and reproductive freedom that they disagree with."

We remain unconvinced that this legislature understands the real concerns and constitutional protections afforded to everyday Kansans, and their rush to push this government intrusion through demonstrates it all the more. This was an extremist, shameful attack on Kansans.

With new civil liberties abuses coming to light daily and the Trump administration’s hubris showing no signs of abating, the American Civil Liberties Union will host a town hall this Presidents’ Day.

Following a veto from Governor Laura Kelly on Tuesday afternoon, the ACLU of Kansas is calling on the legislature to now sustain the governor’s veto and prevent SB 63 from becoming law.

“Attorney General Kris Kobach expressed last fall his deep yearning to politicize and usurp control from the Court. We should believe him when he says that his plan, made real in this proposed amendment, is retaliation against the Court for protecting reproductive freedom and education funding."