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Dec 8, 2022

KS police say MO rec marijuana vote won’t change approach | The Kansas City Star

The ACLU of Kansas has been fighting the Highway Patrol for nearly three years in federal court over a tactic used by state troopers called the “two step,” in which a trooper at the end of a traffic stop...

Missouri voters approved Amendment 3, which will make it legal for those 21 and over to buy and use marijuana, and will create a state program regulating who can get licenses to grow and sell recreational marijuana. RICH SUGG rsugg@kcstar.com Read more a

Dec 8, 2022

ACLU of Kansas wants U.S. Supreme Court to ditch state's congressional map over race

The civil rights group argues the Kansas Supreme Court incorrectly interpreted federal law when it ruled race wasn’t a factor in the map drawn by the Republican-dominated Kansas Legislature.
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Dec 8, 2022

St. Marys renews Kansas library lease after LGBT book 'Melissa' debate

The American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas executive director Micah Kubic said the [St. Mary's city] commission had "toed the line of authoritarian censorship."

St. Marys City Commission, shown at a November meeting, renewed its lease for one year with Pottawatomie Wabaunsee Regional Library after a controversy over "Melissa" by Alex Gino. Evert Nelson/The Capital-Journal

Dec 8, 2022

Explaining Moore v. Harper, the Supreme Court Case That Could Upend Democracy | News & Commentary | American Civil Liberties Union

This week, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Moore v. Harper, a North Carolina congressional gerrymandering case. The Moore case hinges on a fringe, extreme legal proposition known as the “...

Dec 6, 2022

'Troubling and authoritarian': Kansas ACLU issues warning ahead of St. Marys library vote - Kansas Reflector

The ACLU urged the [St. Marys city] commissioners to drop their attempts at censoring the library in a letter sent to the commissioners Thursday, saying banning the proposed materials violated freedom of...

A Christmas village display is set up inside the Pottawatomie Wabaunsee Regional Library. (Rachel Mipro/Kansas Reflector)

Dec 5, 2022

ACLU and Princeton hold forum highlighting role of clemency in reducing mass incarceration

The forum, Correcting Injustice: How Clemency Serves Justice and Strengthens Communities, evaluates ongoing work to reduce mass incarceration, how clemency has been used in the past by governors and...