At hearing about anti-trans law, frustration simmers over enduring discrimination against Kansans

By: Clay Wirestone

Outlets: Kansas Reflector

Published: March 7, 2026

Words: 809

Last Updated: 3 days, 7 hours ago

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I stood in the back of the small courtroom with about 20 other people, watching ACLU attorney Harper Seldin argue before Douglas County District Judge James McCabria.

The whole scene, with about 30 people packed into three rows of chairs and the rest of us shuffling in the back, shifting from one foot to the other, felt undeniably tense. Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach, broad shouldered and stone-faced, sat at a table. Seldin and …

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