Showing posts with label Kansas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kansas. Show all posts
Wednesday, July 10, 2024

Kansas Supreme Court Invalidates Ban on D&E Abortions, Abortion Clinic Regulations

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In Hodes & Nauser MDs, P.A. v. Kobach , (KS Sup. Ct., July 5, 2024), the Kansas Supreme Court, in a 5-1 decision, held that a 2015 statu...
Sunday, July 07, 2024

Two Additional Courts Enjoin Enforcement of New Title IX Rules

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In addition to the nationwide preliminary injunction against enforcement of the Department of Education's new Title IX rules on transgen...
Thursday, May 02, 2024

Kansas Legislature Overrides Veto of Bill Requiring Information on Patient's Reason for Seeking Abortion

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On April 29, the Kansas legislature overrode Governor Laura Kelly's veto of House Bill 2749. ( Full text of bill and veto message ). The...
Tuesday, March 12, 2024

Court Upholds Kansas Law Requiring Biological Sex at Birth on Driver's Licenses

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 In State of Kansas ex rel. Kobach v. Harper , (KS Dist. Ct., March 11, 2024), a Kansas state trial court, in issuing a preliminary injuncti...
Tuesday, October 31, 2023

Court Enjoins Enforcement of Kansas Abortion Disclosure and Waiting Period Requirements

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 In Hodes & Nauser MDs PA v. Kobach , ( KS Dist. Ct., Oct. 30, 2023), a Kansas state trial court in a 92-page opinion issued a temporary...
Thursday, October 12, 2023

Kansas AG Asks 10th Circuit To End Required Use of Preferred Pronouns

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Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach in an Oct. 6 letter ( full text ) to the Chief Judge of the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals asks the ...
Tuesday, October 03, 2023

EEOC Sues Chipotle For Manager's Harassment of Muslim Teen

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 The EEOC announced that last week it filed a Title VII suit against the restaurant chain Chipotle contending that a manager at a Kansas re...
Tuesday, June 27, 2023

Kansas AG Says Previously Modified Birth Certificates Must Be Changed Back to Reflect Biological Sex

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In April, the Kansas legislature overrode Governor Kelly's veto of Senate Bill 180  which defines "sex" as biological sex for...
Wednesday, May 11, 2022

Court Enjoins Part Of School's Policy On Transgender Students' Preferred Names

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Ricard v. USD 475 Geary County, KS School Board ,  (D KS, May 9, 2022), is a suit brought by a Christian middle school math teacher who obje...
Tuesday, April 19, 2022

Kansas Governor Vetoes Transgender Athlete Ban

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The Kansas City Star reports that on Friday, Kansas Governor Laura Kelley vetoed Senate Bill 160  which banned transgender women from compe...
Tuesday, March 15, 2022

Kansas Teacher Sues Over Requirement To Use Students' Preferred Pronouns

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  CNN reported last week on a lawsuit filed by a Fort Riley, Kansas middle school teacher who was disciplined for refusing to call a transg...
Friday, November 06, 2020

10th Circuit: Plaintiff Lacks Standing To Challenge Kansas Vaccination Requriement

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 In Baker   v. USD 229 Blue Valley ,  (10th Cir., Nov. 3, 2020), the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed for lack of standing a mot...
Sunday, April 26, 2020

Settlement Reached With Kansas Churches Challenging COVID-19 Limits On Services

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After two Baptist churches in Kansas obtained a temporary restraining order  against enforcement of a provision in Kansas Governor Laura Kel...
Sunday, April 19, 2020

Kansas Churches Get TRO To Protect Against Enforcement Of Congregant Number Limits

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In First Baptist Church v. Kelly , (D KS, April 18, 2020), a Kansas federal district court granted two churches a temporary restraining orde...
Friday, April 17, 2020

Churches Sue Challenging Kansas Stay-At-Home Order

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Two churches filed suit in a Kansas federal district court yesterday challenging a provision in Gov. Laura Kelly's COVID-19 stay-at-home...
Sunday, April 12, 2020

Kansas Supreme Court Says Legislative Attempt To Revoke Governor's COVID-19 Order Was Invalid

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In Kelly v. Legislative Coordinating Council ,  (KA Sup. Ct., April 11, 2020), the Kansas Supreme Court upheld the effectiveness of Kansas G...
Friday, December 20, 2019

Settlement Reached In Suit Over Homeless Shelter

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A settlement has been reached in the RLUIPA lawsuit filed last month (see prior posting ) by the Shawnee Mission Unitarian Universalist Chur...
Tuesday, November 26, 2019

Court Rejects Parents' Objections To Vaccination Exemption Form

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In W.B. v. Crossroads Academy- Central Street ,  (WD MO, Nov. 22, 2019), a Missouri federal district court rejected constitutional challenge...

Church Sues Under RLUIPA To Operate Homeless Shelter

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The Shawnee Mission Unitarian Universalist Church has filed a RLUIPA lawsuit against the city of Lenexa, Kansas which has denied the church ...
Saturday, April 27, 2019

Kansas Supreme Court Strikes Down D&E Abortion Ban

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In Hodes & Nauser MDs, P.A. v. Schmidt ,  (KA Sip. Ct., April 26, 2019), the Kansas Supreme Court by a 6-1 vote upheld the trial court&#...