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."

Both houses of the Kansas Legislature have voted again this year’s session to pass an extreme bill that bans access to healthcare for transgender youth and that potentially censors a wide variety of conduct by state employees that could intrude into schools, therapist offices, and state agencies.

The Kansas Senate voted Tuesday to pass a bill eliminating the mail processing window for mail-in ballots, which would silence thousands of rural, disabled, and elderly Kansas voters.

The Kansas Court of Appeals will consider whether Kansans should be able to change their gender markers on their driver’s licenses for the duration of litigation in Kansas v. Harper.

A proposed bill that would eliminate the 3-day window for mail ballot processing would disenfranchise thousands of rural, disabled, and elderly Kansas voters.

The final day of hearings in a sweeping challenge to the constitutionality of the death penalty in Kansas and the practice of death qualification will conclude on Wednesday, January 8.