Title: One Kansan gets her driver's license back as cases challenging anti-trans law head to trialLink To: Article 🔗 [Link: kmuw.org/health/2026-08-26/one-kansan-gets-her-drivers-license-back-as-cases-challenging-anti-trans-law-head-to-trial/]Author: Anna Kaminski
Date: Published August 26, 2026 at 10:16 AM CDT
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Brief summary of the articleA Douglas County judge reinstated the driver's license of Jamie Miller, a transgender Kansan who challenged a state law regulating gender markers on driver's licenses. The judge found that the Kansas Department of Revenue violated Miller's due process rights, while related challenges to the law's driver's license and bathroom provisions are set for trial.
Main Points of the Article"One transgender Kansan had her driving privileges reinstated after challenging a state law that regulates gender markers on driver's licenses."
"But only Jamie Miller's license was returned while hundreds of other trans Kansans await a final decision in her case, which could determine the standing of the state law that has faced scrutiny from the jump for the restrictions it imposes on trans people."
"The law instituted a pair of anti-trans measures, restricting bathroom use in publicly owned facilities and mandating driver's licenses gender markers align with a person's sex assigned at birth."
"McCabria concluded that the Revenue Department violated Miller's due process when it provided unclear guidance about an appeal process and offered conflicting information about the validity of her driver's license."
"The department didn't provide "meaningful notice," McCabria said, and Miller was never given a "meaningful opportunity" to be heard before or after her license was invalidated."
"McCabria, in the same decision, consolidated Miller's case with another challenging the same law, so they will be heard at the same trial, which is scheduled for four days beginning Sept. 29."
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