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Mar 19, 2025

Kansans to vote on constitutional amendment to directly elect state Supreme Court

The bill is opposed by several different organizations that represent the legal profession, as well as the American Civil Liberties Union, the Kansas Organization of State Employees and Planned Parenthood of...

Mar 19, 2025

Kansas House approves amendment on Supreme Court elections

The ACLU of Kansas and its executive director Micah Kubic released a statement in response to the passage of the amendment:

Mar 12, 2025

Should Kansas Supreme Court be elected? GOP pushes constitutional amendment

Republican lawmakers are getting closer to changing how Kansas Supreme Court justices are selected.

Mar 11, 2025

House recommends approval on bill on student preferred names, pronouns

Opponents of the bill included the ACLU of Kansas, Equality Kansas and Loud Light Civic Action. Parents, teachers and students also spoke out against the bill.

Mar 7, 2025

KU may have violated first amendment rights of GP housing protesters, lawyers say

Kunyu Ching, a staff attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas, agreed. “If the policy has been inconsistently enforced, or if the administration has allowed similar exterior-facing...

Mar 5, 2025

Lawrence couple feels impact of new federal anti-trans policies

Attorney D.C. Hiegert, civil liberties legal fellow for the ACLU of Kansas, said a decision from a Kansas Court of Appeals panel is expected this month.