18 Mar, 2024 Florida Settles Challenge to Education Law By Debbie Ausburn Parties challenging Florida's controversial education law have filed a notice of settlement in the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals,...
28 Feb, 2024 Texas Can't Compel Speech from Vendors Selling to Schools By Debbie Ausburn Last month, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals granted a preliminary injunction against Texas' attempt to prohibit sexually explicit...
21 Oct, 2023 School’s Transgender Anti-Bullying Policy Violates First Amendment By Debbie Ausburn The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals recently enjoined a school’s policy requiring “respect” of students’ gender identities. The court...
04 Oct, 2023 Ninth Circuit Orders Recognition of Religious Organization in Spite of School’s Anti-Discrimination Policy By Debbie Ausburn In a recent ruling, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ordered a California school to recognize a Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA)...
10 Sep, 2022 Georgia Supreme Court Sets Out Principles for Determining Sincerity of Religious Objections By Debbie Ausburn In a recent case lying at the intersection of parents' rights, religious beliefs, foster care, and health care, the Georgia Supreme Court...
16 Jul, 2022 Law School’s No-Contact Order Violates First Amendment By Debbie Ausburn A federal district judge recently issued a preliminary injunction against the University of Idaho law school, preventing it from...
13 Jul, 2022 Proposed Title IX Guidelines Could Lead Schools to Violate First Amendment By Debbie Ausburn The U.S. Department of Education has issued proposed new regulations under Title IX, changing many of the existing rules for K-12 and...
12 Jan, 2022 Another Win for Student Free Speech By Debbie Ausburn The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania last week overturned the suspension of a student who posted violent song lyrics on his Snapchat...
16 Oct, 2021 College Athletes Entitled to Religious Exemption to COVID Vaccine By Debbie Ausburn In a sharp departure from earlier cases in other circuits, the Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has ruled in favor of student...
09 Oct, 2021 Ordinance Designed to Protect Children Flunks First Amendment By Debbie Ausburn The intersection between child protection and constitutional rights always is an interesting one. Last month, the Eighth Circuit struck...
04 Aug, 2021 University of Iowa Officials Liable for First Amendment Violations By Debbie Ausburn The University of Iowa and numerous employees are liable to a religious student organization for discrimination in violation of the First...
06 Jul, 2021 Another victory for student free speech By Debbie Ausburn A federal appellate court recently reaffirmed the right of a student to refuse to transcribe the Pledge of Allegiance. The case came to...