The Biden administration and a Pennsylvania school district urged a skeptical Supreme Court this morning to let school districts suppress free speech by students on social media if they deem it potentially disruptive to school operations. The case, Mahanoy Area School District v. B.L., court file 20-255, was heard April 28. The Biden administration was…
Biden Administration Urges Supreme Court to Allow Schools to Censor Student Expression Online
Supreme Court Rules for Worshipper in California on Church Restrictions
After a series of recent pro-worshipper rulings, the Supreme Court granted a California worshipper’s emergency application asking for the state’s far-reaching restrictions on in-person religious services to be rolled back. The ruling in the case known as Gish v. Newsom came late in the day Feb. 8 after applicants filed an emergency application for an…
Nonprofit Fundraiser Sues Connecticut Over Burdensome, Invasive Regulations
A West Virginia-based nonprofit fundraiser has filed a civil rights lawsuit against Connecticut over that state’s unusually burdensome rules that require him to tell state officials what he is planning to say to prospective donors a full 20 days in advance of donor contact. The lawsuit, Kissel v. Seagull, was filed Jan. 31 in federal…
College That Restricted Campus Speech Liable for Damages Even if it Drops the Policy, Supreme Court Hears
The Supreme Court was urged to allow a First Amendment lawsuit from former students in which a Georgia college belatedly expanded free speech on campus after Christian students ran afoul of its constitutionally suspect campus “speech zone” policy. The court heard oral arguments in the case known as Uzuegbunam v. Preczewski. The hearing lasted 92 minutes,…
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