As Holiday Weekend Approaches, ACLU of Kansas and Western Missouri Issues Alert To State Residents Traveling To Arizona
Arizona Racial Profiling Law Threatens Civil Liberties
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 30, 2010
CONTACT: Dan Winter, Executive Director 816-756-3113 x.247
Holly Weatherford, Program Director 816-756-3113 x.234
Kansas City, Mo. – In response to civil liberties threats caused by the recent passage of Arizona’s racial profiling law, the American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas and Western Missouri (ACLU) issued a travel alert today informing Kansas and Missouri residents of their rights when stopped by law enforcement if traveling in Arizona. The unconstitutional law, known as SB 1070, requires law enforcement agents to demand "papers" from people they stop who they suspect are not authorized to be in the United States. If individuals are unable to prove to officers that they are permitted to be in the U.S., they may be subject to warrantless arrest without any probable cause that they have committed a crime.
Rules Violate Constitutional Right to Marry
ACLU Files Lawsuit Challenging Labette County, Kansas Jail Rules Prohibiting Inmate Marriages & Spousal Visitation
Rules Violate Constitutional Right to Marry of Inmates and Free Citizens
Kansas City, MO - The ACLU of Kansas and Western Missouri has filed a lawsuit in the federal district court for the District of Kansas against William C. Blundell, Sheriff of Labette County, Kansas and the Board of Commissioners of Labette County. The case number is 10-CV-2110.
ACLU Calls on President-elect Obama to Restore America
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
In the wake of the presidential election, the ACLU has delivered to President-elect Obama a list of initiatives to implement during his first year in office.
Called Actions for Restoring America, the detailed study has closing the illegal prison at
Bush Administration Jeopardizes Women's Health
On September 25, 2008, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Department (HHS) will close the book on public comments to a far-reaching and dangerous regulation proposal.
Planned Parenthood Federation of America and the American Civil Liberties Union submitted formal comments opposing this regulation, which, if enacted, would jeopardize women’s health care by allowing providers to withhold both services and the critical information women need to make fully informed decisions about their health care.
Decorated US War Hero's Citizenship Delayed
The American Civil Liberties Union sued the government in a federal court in Kansas for unlawfully delaying the citizen application of Julian Polous Al Matchy, a highly decorated U.S. Army war hero.