Two anonymous trans Kansans and the ACLU filed suit against their state on Friday over a new transphobic law. The law takes trans Kansans’ driver’s licenses away if they have the correct gender designation, and also allows them to be sued by random citizens if they use the correct bathroom.

Earlier this week, many trans Kansans received a letter from the government warning them that, effective immediately, their driver’s licenses were null and void. The news was first reported by Erin In The Morning. Those who drive with an invalidated license could be hit with six months in jail and a $1,000 fine.

The suit was filed in Kansas’ Seventh District Court in Douglas County by two anonymous transgender men, identified as Daniel Doe and Matthew Moe. It takes aim at Kansas State Senate Bill 244, an anti-trans bill blocking people from correcting the gender marker on their birth certificates and other legal documents like driver’s licenses. Trans Kansans are directed to surrender their license in exchange for one that has a gender marker aligned with the one assigned to them at birth. The bill made no allowance for a grace period for the change.

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In addition, it allows anyone who sees a trans person in the bathroom matching their gender identity to sue that trans person—even if the bathroom is in a private business. The law was originally vetoed by Governor Laura Kelly, a Democrat, but the veto was overturned, according to Erin In The Morning.

The lawsuit says that the bill forces people to either face lawsuits for using the correct bathroom or out themselves to potential harassment and violence. Even then, the lawsuit alleges, they “may still be sued by individuals who are ‘aggrieved’ because they think they’re in the wrong restroom.”

The plaintiffs are both from Lawrence, Kansas and say they work in government-owned buildings and are not publicly out as transgender. Doe is an administrative associate at the University of Kansas, while Moe is a Ph.D student at the University. Doe has to drive a university vehicle as part of his job, and also has to fly periodically as part of his duties.

“Presenting identification that does not align with his gender identity would subject him to heightened scrutiny, potential harassment, and invasive questioning during security screenings. Such encounters would be humiliating and degrading and would forcibly disclose his transgender status without his consent,” the lawsuit says.

“Prior to updating his license, Daniel experienced precisely this type of mistreatment when a bartender questioned the authenticity of his identification and subjected him to prolonged interrogation. Since his driver’s license has reflected his male gender marker, he has not experienced similar incidents,” it continues.

The plaintiffs are asking the court to overturn the law on constitutional grounds. They’re also seeking a temporary restraining order and injunction to keep the law from going into effect while the lawsuit is heard.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says he was “very seriously considering ending” support for Scouting America—formerly the Boy Scouts of America—unless it made a number of changes meant to conform to President Donald Trump’s anti-DEI executive order.

Hegseth posted a video to X on Friday morning, announcing that “The Department of War has officially put Scouting America on notice.”

“It’s time to get back to basics—and DoW is leading the charge,” the tweet read.

The Department of War has officially put Scouting America on notice.

It’s time to get back to basics — and DoW is leading the charge. pic.twitter.com/EnY9mvaFLX

— Secretary of War Pete Hegseth (@SecWar) February 27, 2026

In the attached six-minute video, Hegseth decries changes by Scouting America over the last 14 years.

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“After 2012 however, the Boy Scouts lost their way, and a once great organization became gravely wounded. Diversity, equity and inclusion—DEI—crept in. The name was changed to Scouting America. Girls were accepted. The focus on God as the ruler of the universe was watered down to include openness to humanism and Earth-centered pagan religions,” Hegseth said.

“Scouting became an organization that no longer supported and celebrated boys. They even welcomed the destructive myth of gender fluidity and transgenderism to infiltrate their membership,” he continued.

He then said that though he “was very seriously considering ending our support of Scouting altogether,” he convinced the leadership to change its policies to bring the organization in line with Trump’s Executive Order 14173. That executive order, “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity,” was signed on the first day of Trump’s second term and orders government contractors to stop “promoting ‘diversity’.”

Hegseth said Scouting America agreed to replace its Citizenship in Society merit badge with a Military Service merit badge. In order to get the Citizenship badge, Scouts research someone who “demonstrated positive leadership while making an ethical decision.” Hegseth characterized the badge differently, however:

“The quote, Citizen in Society merit badge, that encouraged scouts to explore diversity, equity, inclusion and identity—they always mask it under a name that sounds good, it seems something else—and then asks those scouts to engage in activism on those topics.”

However, looking at the workbook for the badge, activism is not involved. Instead, scouts must answer a number of essay questions, many of which involve hypothetical situations, and require scouts to interview an “individual in your community, school, and/or Scouting who has had a significant positive impact in promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion,” or “research a historical figure who meets these criteria, and discuss that person with your counselor.”

Scouting America is not an official government program. Though it became a federally chartered corporation in 1916, like Little League Baseball and the Red Cross, this is primarily an honorary designation. Scouting America functions independently and Congress has no additional control over the organization.

In November, Hegseth threatened to cut ties with Scouting America, according to The Hill. Hegseth’s proposal was unpopular, even among Republicans, according to NPR, leading him to backtrack.

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Legal and voting rights experts are sounding the alarm after a Washington Post bombshell report revealed that President Donald Trump — who has been insisting on federalizing voting and has issued an executive order to pressure states to require proof of citizenship for voter registration — is now being urged by activists to sign an executive order declaring a voting “emergency.”

The proposed 17-page order would “unlock extraordinary presidential power over voting,” the Post reported, noting that the proposal “claims China interfered in the 2020 election” which would be the “basis to declare a national emergency.”

Former Trump national security official Miles Taylor warned that the “biggest electoral crime in American history might be unfolding.”

“The president cannot seize control of state-run elections by declaring a fake ’emergency.’ There’s no statute that permits it,” wrote Fair Fight Action communications director Max Flugrath. “Reviving debunked conspiracy theories to force changes before a major election is what politicians do when they believe they’re going to lose.”

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Flugrath added that the Post’s reporting follows up on an October New York Times investigation which found “that Trump officials discussed a fake ‘national emergency’ to force new election rules on states. A DHS official said it could allow Trump to ‘go around Congress’ and take over elections.”

“What a gift such a clearly unconstitutional executive order would be!” election security expert David Becker told CBS News’ Scott MacFarlane. “Though divorced from legal and factual reality, it would enable the courts to invalidate this power grab well in advance of the election, and confirm the clear limits to fed’l interference in elections.”

Prominent elections attorney Marc Elias wrote, “My team and I have been anticipating this for months. It is unconstitutional and illegal. The media should note: Last time he issued an EO about voting, we sued and won. If Trump issues such an order we will sue again and we will win again.”

“Far right voices in Colorado,” journalist Kyle Clark noted, “have long called for this step as a prelude to military tribunals and mass executions.”

U.S. Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) said, that there is “no national emergency exception” to Article 1, Section 4 of the U.S. Constitution.

“States regulate elections unless Congress passes law,” he added, stating that is why Trump “desperately” wants to pass the SAVE Act, “to suppress voting.”

The NAACP called the proposed executive order a “dangerous proposal,” and “a direct assault on our democracy.”

Former WBZ-TV anchor Liam Martin commented, “I tend to think even this SCOTUS would block an attempt to federalize elections. But what Trump and his team are doing is setting the stage to declare the midterms void and refuse to seat the new members. What do we do then?”

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