Three Lawsuits Confirm that Kansas Lawmakers Concocted Menacing Attacks on Civil Rights • Kansas Reflector

Lawsuits confirm Kansas lawmakers devised threatening assaults on civil rights

In their apparent eagerness to save money and do right by taxpayers, perhaps Kansas Republican leaders could try passing laws that don’t trample on the rights of their constituents. That’s my only response to lawsuits filed throughout May that highlight the downright sloppy lawmaking that has become a hallmark of our state’s rushed, secretive legislative session. Bills are introduced and rubber-stamped in committee, testimony from experts is …

Three lawsuits confirm that Kansas Republicans concocted menacing attacks on civil rights

In their apparent eagerness to save money and do right by taxpayers, perhaps Kansas Republican leaders could try passing laws that don’t trample on the rights of their constituents. That’s my only response to lawsuits filed throughout May that highlight the downright sloppy lawmaking that has become a hallmark of our state’s rushed, secretive legislative session. Bills are introduced and rubber-stamped in committee, testimony from experts is ig…

Three lawsuits confirm that Kansas lawmakers concocted menacing attacks on civil rights • Kansas Reflector

The Ad Astra statue atop the Kansas Statehouse takes aim against a wall of gray clouds on May 2, 2025. (Sherman Smith/Kansas Reflector)In their supposed eagerness to save money and do right by taxpayers, perhaps Kansas Republican leaders could try passing laws that don’t trample on the rights of their constituents. That’s my only response to lawsuits filed throughout May that highlight the downright sloppy lawmaking that has become a hallmark of…