Civil Rights
The Shawnee Mission Unitarian Universalist Church sued the City of Lenexa, Kansas in federal court for prohibiting it from using its church as an overnight homeless shelter.
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Justices Appear Split Over Police Power in Traffic Stops
The Supreme Court was sharply divided Monday as the justices considered whether a police officer can pull a car over based solely on the knowledge that it is registered to a person with a suspended license.
Read moreKansas Defends Identity-Theft Prosecution of Undocumented Aliens
A lawyer for Kansas faced an uphill battle Wednesday in defending identity-theft charges against undocumented workers who use other people’s Social Security numbers to gain employment.
Read moreDeath-Row Inmate Pushes High Court for Insanity Standard
As the Supreme Court opened its fall term Monday with a case about what it takes to plead insanity, Justice Stephen Breyer offered a hypothetical example of two criminals — one who believed a dog had told him to shoot another person, the other who shot another person because he believed that person was a dog.
Read moreCase of Bungled Pot Raid on Tomato-Loving Family Revived Anew
The bizarre case of a Kansas sheriff’s department that mistook tomato plants and loose-leaf tea for evidence of a marijuana grow and accordingly launched a SWAT-style raid on an innocent suburban family will return to a lower court for a third crack at a judgment.
Read moreBarr Dodges Impeachment Talk in Kansas Forum With Police
U.S. Attorney General William Barr, in a visit to law enforcement officers in Kansas on Wednesday, praised their efforts in helping to lower the nation’s crime rates while also refusing to comment on the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump.
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A federal judge refused to dismiss constitutional claims against the Kansas secretary of administration and the superintendent of its Highway Patrol, for banning protesters from the Statehouse.
Read moreKobach of Kansas Launches Run for US Senate Seat
Republican immigration hardliner and former Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach launched his campaign for U.S. Senate on Monday.
Read moreKansas Republican’s Defamation Case Against Newspaper Tossed
A Kansas judge has tossed a defamation lawsuit against The Kansas City Star brought by Kansas Senate Republican Leader Jim Denning, finding that the lawmaker failed to show malice.
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The Kansas Supreme Court indefinitely suspended an attorney from practice of law in the state for violating professional rules of conduct by failing to respond to a discovery request, calling a deposition videographer a Nazi, and flipping off a representative of the opposing party.
Read moreKansas Justices OK School Funding Plan, But Keep Case Open
The Kansas Supreme Court unanimously ruled Friday that the state has met its obligation to adequately fund public schools, but will retain jurisdiction over the 9-year-old case to ensure state lawmakers carry out scheduled funding in the future.
Read moreKansas Supreme Court Rules Gov. Can’t Withdraw Judicial Nominee
In a unanimous decision, the Kansas Supreme Court ruled Friday that Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly did not have authority to withdraw the nomination of a state judge to the Kansas Court of Appeals in an unusual legal quandry.
Read moreKansas Justices Find State Constitution Protects Abortion Rights
In a decision that has taken more than two years, the Kansas Supreme Court ruled Friday that the state constitution protects the right to have an abortion.
Read moreTopeka Zookeeper Attacked by Tiger Is Improving
The director of the Topeka Zoo says a zookeeper who was attacked by a Sumatran tiger remains in intensive care but her prognosis for recovery is good.
Read moreACLU Seeks Probe Into Detainment of Black Man Moving Into His Own Home
Karle Robinson was finishing the move into his new home in the small Kansas town of Tonganoxie last August, carrying a television into his home from a moving van at 2:30 in the morning. That’s when the police arrived.
Read moreKansas State University Can’t Dodge Title IX Lawsuit
The 10th Circuit refused to dismiss a lawsuit filed by two former students who claim officials at Kansas State University failed to investigate their sexual assaults that took place at two fraternity houses.
Read moreKansas Pushes to Resurrect Proof-of-Citizenship Voting Law
Kansas’ solicitor general on Monday called on a federal appeals court to reinstate the state’s law requiring people to provide proof of citizenship before they can register to vote, saying problems with how it was enforced during the three years it was in place are fixable.
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