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...
28 Jun 2021 First Amendment Limits Regulation of Off-Campus Student Speech By Debbie Ausburn The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that a school has limits on its ability to restrict a student's off-campus speech, although it did not...
21 Jun 2021 Unanimous SCOTUS Rules in Favor of Religious Social Services Agency By Debbie Ausburn In one of it most highly-anticipated decisions, the U.S. Supreme Court in Fulton v. City of Philadelphia surprised everyone by ruling...
11 Jun 2021 Judge Orders Reinstatement of Teacher Who Spoke Against Proposed School Policy By Debbie Ausburn A Virginia state court judge has ordered temporary reinstatement of a teacher in Loudon County, pending trial, finding that his...
04 May 2021 The Government Speech Exception May Not End Debate By Debbie Ausburn The Rochester Public School Board this week adopted certain controversial slogans as government speech, apparently believing that by...