Erin ReedFeb 27
1. Yesterday, we broke the story that Kansas drivers licenses for transgender people were being immediately revoked by the state. This morning, the ACLU filed suit in state court to block that process. Thousands of trans Kansans watch with horror and hope. Subscribe to support our journalism.

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ACLU Files Lawsuit Against Kansas Trans Drivers License Revocations, Bathroom Bounty Hunter Law

The lawsuit was filed in state court on Friday.

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2. On Wednesday, Erin in the Morning was the first to report that transgender residents across Kansas were receiving letters demanding the immediate surrender of their driver's licenses. www.erininthemorning.com/p/kansas-sen...

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Kansas Sends Letters To Trans People Demanding The Immediate Surrender Of Drivers Licenses

"The legislature did not include a grace period."

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3. The letters were triggered by a new law that had just gone into effect, House Substitute for Senate Bill 244, which immediately invalidated driver's licenses for transgender people and enacted what may be the harshest bathroom ban in the nation. www.erininthemorning.com/p/kansas-leg...

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Kansas Legislature Passes Trans Bathroom Bounty, Drivers License Revocations

“They're using very overtly anti-democratic measures to pass all this stuff because they know that it's unpopular.”

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4. Now, the ACLU has filed a lawsuit in Kansas state court to block the law. If successful, the challenge could buy transgender residents time or see the law overturned altogether www.aclu.org/press-releas...

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Transgender Kansans Challenge State Law Invalidating Their Driver’s Licenses and Allowing Them to Be Sued for Using Public Restrooms | American Civil Liberties Union

Topeka, KS – Two transgender residents of Kansas have filed a lawsuit in state court challenging a new state law that immediately invalidated their...

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5. The lawsuit was brought on behalf of two plaintiffs, both trans men. The complaint challenges SB 244 on six grounds under the Kansas Constitution, alleging violations of due process, personal autonomy, informational privacy, equal protection, freedom of expression, and the single-subject rule.
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6. One plaintiff, Doe, works at the University of Kansas whose job requires him to drive university vehicles twice daily. The other, Moe, is a PhD student who works at a local bar and frequently ends shifts at 3 AM—without a valid license, he would be forced to bicycle home at unsafe hours.
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7. It is notable that the lawsuit was filed in state court, not federal court. The United States Supreme Court has grown increasingly hostile to transgender rights, allowing the Trump administration's transgender passport restrictions and state gender-affirming care bans to go into effect.

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Supreme Court lets Trump block transgender Americans from choosing passport sex markers

The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed President Donald Trump’s administration to enforce a policy blocking transgender and nonbinary people from choosing passport sex markers that align with their gender identity.

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8. The Kansas Supreme Court, which is likely to eventually hear this case, holds a comfortable liberal majority and has repeatedly ruled against Attorney General Kobach, who has publicly complained that the court's composition makes it "very difficult" for him to win cases.

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Let’s Talk About the Judicial Selection Amendment - ACLU of Kansas

Many Kansas voters saw they will need to prepare to vote “no” again to protect their bodily autonomy and reproductive rights. However, there are also those who have little to no knowledge of what's at stake on their 2026 ballot, and we should all be prepared to begin those conversations about rewriting our constitution. That’s […]

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9. Now, transgender Kansans face a difficult choice. They can surrender their driver's licenses immediately and comply with the law, or they can hold onto them and hope that the court enjoins the state from enforcing SB 244 before they are pulled over.
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