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Teacher sues Gaston County Schools for firing over Charlie Kirk comment
Former Gaston County teacher Holly Ackerman is suing Gaston County Schools after being fired last year for posting a comment online following the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie […]
Teachers association takes on Trump in RI court over money for English learners
The national teachers’ union is suing the U.S. Department of Education, challenging what it describes as the illegal termination of hundreds of millions of dollars in federal grants […]
US Supreme Court rebuffs pharma challenge to Biden-era drug price
The U.S. Supreme Court declined on May 18 to hear a pharmaceutical industry challenge to a plan to curb Medicare drug prices adopted during Democratic former President Joe Biden’s administration that drugmakers argued illegally […]
US appeals court weighs Pentagon bid to punish Senator Mark Kelly
A U.S. federal appeals court at a hearing on May 7 appeared skeptical that the Trump administration‘s could legally punish Democratic U.S. Senator Mark Kelly over public remarks he made […]
SCOTUS revives pro-life nonprofit’s fight to protect donor lists
A pro-life women’s health organization has standing under the First Amendment to challenge in federal court the constitutionality of a state attorney general’s subpoena demanding the disclosure of […]
Vaccination mandate upheld as neutral law under free exercise clause
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held that West Virginia’s compulsory vaccination law is a neutral and generally applicable public health measure that satisfies rational basis review and does […]
Justices uphold family therapist’s free speech rights
The U.S. Supreme Court in an 8-1 decision has held that strict scrutiny analysis applies to a First Amendment challenge to a […]
SCOTUS sides with street preacher in First Amendment case
A street preacher’s failure to appeal his conviction for violating a municipal ordinance confining protests or demonstrations within designated areas did not bar him […]
Supreme Court backs parents in school gender policy case
A 9th Circuit panel should not have lifted a permanent injunction granted by a federal judge to parents who claimed a California policy preventing schools from telling them about […]
Trump administration seeks to revive executive orders targeting law firms
President Donald Trump’s administration asked a federal appeals court on March 6 to revive his executive orders that sought to punish four major U.S. law firms, arguing that federal judges […]
Fourth Circuit vacates terrorism convictions over protected speech
The 4th Circuit vacated the defendant’s remaining terrorism-related convictions, concluding that the prosecution impermissibly punished protected speech in violation of the First Amendment. The court remanded the case to the […]
First amendment bars terrorism convictions based on protected speech
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the defendant’s remaining terrorism-related convictions, concluding that the prosecution impermissibly punished protected speech in violation of the First Amendment. The court remanded […]
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