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Sep 10, 2023

Kansas police took Jeremy Sellhorn’s car in 2020 and he can’t get it back. He isn’t alone

Sharon Brett, litigation director with the American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas, said people often struggle with the court process. Courts are confusing and police can take property without having to...

Kansas police took Jeremy Sellhorn's car in 2020 civil asset forfeiture

Sep 6, 2023

Shuttered private jail in Leavenworth could become ICE detention center

The ACLU of Kansas decried the possibility of CoreCivic operating an ICE facility in a news release Wednesday. Sharon Brett, the chapter’s legal director, said the company was “plainly unable to run a...

CoreCivic's Leavenworth Detention Center, which previously held pre-trial detainees charged with federal crimes could become a detention facility for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE. (Allison Kite/Kansas Reflector)

Sep 2, 2023

Kansas ACLU seeks strict boundaries to end KHP's unconstitutional vehicle searches - Kansas Reflector

Sharon Brett, legal director of the ACLU in Kansas, said the judge’s proposed remedies illustrated the federal court wouldn’t “tolerate the cowboy mentality of policing that subjects our citizens to...

Kansas Highway Patrol Superintendent Erik Smith inherited a lawsuit challenging the agency’s reliance on the “Kansas two-step” to trigger trooper or canine searches of vehicles. A U.S. District Court judge ruled the KHP policy violated constitutional righ

Aug 31, 2023

Local community leaders respond to Missouri’s gender-affirming care ban

DC Hiegert, LGBTQ legal fellow for the ACLU of Kansas, stated that one of the best ways to support the trans community during this time is to take action by providing aid and resources for those in need....

quinton lucas gender-affirming care pitch

Aug 29, 2023

With transgender Kansans now represented, AG needs more time for driver's license lawsuit

The constitutional avoidance defense that we're raising in this case certainly requires the attorney general to contend with arguments that he did not want to contend with and was not planning on contending...

Aug 28, 2023

Justice Department Secures Agreement with Kansas Community College to Address Racial Discrimination and Harassment

The Justice Department announced today a settlement agreement with Highland Community College (HCC) in Kansas to resolve the department’s investigation into allegations that Black students, primarily...

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