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Kansas Supreme Court finds no fundamental right to vote in state constitution

JURIST

The Kansas Supreme Court held Friday that there is no fundamental right to vote in the state’s constitution in a complex ruling related three 2021 election laws concerning false representation of election officials, verification of advance ballots and limitations on their collection.

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Kansas prosecutors find police had ‘insufficient evidence’ to raid local newspaper office

JURIST

Police in Marion County, Kansas must return items seized during an August 11 raid of a local newspaper office after Marion County Attorney Joel Ensey found on Wednesday that police had “insufficient evidence” to search the office in the first place. ” Ensey did not acknowledge the identity theft allegation in his statement.

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Supreme Court declines to consider appeal to reinstate Kansas voter ID law

JURIST

The US Supreme Court refused Monday to review an appeal seeking to reinstate Kansas’ voter identification law. The appeal cited an Indiana voter identification law requiring a photo identification presented when voting in person as justification for Kansas’ requirements: This Court’s decision in Crawford v.

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DOJ charges Kansas mom with leading female ISIS battalion, training kids to use suicide belts

JURIST

A 42-year-old mother and former schoolteacher from Kansas faces terrorism charges in US federal court for having allegedly led an all-women Islamic State battalion, trained children to use suicide belts and heavy weapons, and planning to attack an American college, according to materials released by the Department of Justice on Saturday.

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Kansas to Upgrade its Victim Notification System

The Crime Report

Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt has announced enhancements to the state’s victim notification system. The changes came after a Kansas domestic violence report showed 22,593 domestic violence incidents were reported to law enforcement, an incident every 23 minutes.

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“Kansas asks U.S. Supreme Court to hear case over state’s ‘ag-gag’ law”

HowAppealing

Kansas asks U.S. Supreme Court to hear case over state’s ‘ag-gag’ law”: Sebastien Malo of Reuters has this report.

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Kansas lawmakers urge AG to release report on August 2023 raid on local newspaper

JURIST

Kansas lawmakers urge the state’s attorney general on Tuesday to release a report containing information on an August 11, 2023 police raid on a local weekly newspaper in the state. The post Kansas lawmakers urge AG to release report on August 2023 raid on local newspaper appeared first on JURIST - News. In House Resolution No.

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