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A dist. ct in Texas holds Title IX Rule Violates 1st Amendment rights of teachers who want to misgender their students...

A dist. ct in Texas holds Title IX Rule Violates 1st Amendment rights of teachers who want to misgender their students https://buff.ly/4iaFgB0

This is wrong and I have written an entire paper about why: https://buff.ly/3UVrAhd
To start, the teachers' speech is govt speech unprotected by the free speech clause

#law #FediLaw #LGBTQ #education #speech #FirstAmendment

Very excited to have a new paper!!Because the U.S. Supreme Court has essentially gutted the Establishment Clause of the U.S. Const, it is...

Very excited to have a new paper!!

Because the U.S. Supreme Court has essentially gutted the Establishment Clause of the U.S. Const, it is perhaps time to turn to the establishment provisions of the state constitutions to ensure some degree of separation of church and state.

New Judicial Federalism and the Establishment Clause: Classroom Ten Commandments as a Case Study in State Constitutional Protection
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5134565

#law #FediLaw #FediProf #Establishment #ChristianNationalism

Supreme Court grants cert in Oklahoma charter school case...

Supreme Court grants cert in Oklahoma charter school case https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/us/supreme-court-oklahoma-religious-charter-school.html

The Supreme Court has already held that states that fund private secular schools have to fund private religious schools.

Do they now want to further expand "religious liberty" to require state funding of PUBLIC religious schools?

#law #FediLaw #SupremeCourt #SCOTUS #education #ChristianNationalism

Louisiana Law Requiring Ten Commandments Back in Court https://buff.ly/3E9S2RNA dist ct held it violated the Establishment Cl for Louisiana...

Louisiana Law Requiring Ten Commandments Back in Court https://buff.ly/3E9S2RN

A dist ct held it violated the Establishment Cl for Louisiana to demand a ten commandments poster in every public school classroom, from K to college.

Fifth Circuit heard oral args today

#ChristianNationalism #law #FediLaw #FediProf #Louisiana #Establishment

Federal district court judge temporarily blocks Trump's birthright citizenship order https://buff.ly/3CamBWX"I’ve been on the...

Federal district court judge temporarily blocks Trump's birthright citizenship order https://buff.ly/3CamBWX

"I’ve been on the bench for over four decades," Coughenour, a Ronald Reagan appointee, said. "I can’t remember another case where the question presented is as clear as this one. This is a blatantly unconstitutional order."

#BirthrightCitizenship #law #FediLaw #FediProf

Trump's Lies: The Unconstitutionality of Government Propaganda https://buff.ly/2Q3Ozs1This paper is on my mind today.#law #FediLaw...

Trump's Lies: The Unconstitutionality of Government Propaganda https://buff.ly/2Q3Ozs1

This paper is on my mind today.

#law #FediLaw #Trump #disinformation #propaganda

Supreme Court grants cert in Mahmoud v. Taylor: https://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/mahmoud-v-taylor/"Issue: Whether public...

Supreme Court grants cert in Mahmoud v. Taylor: https://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/mahmoud-v-taylor/

"Issue: Whether public schools burden parents’ religious exercise when they compel elementary school children to participate in instruction on gender and sexuality against their parents’ religious convictions and without notice or opportunity to opt out."

Gee, I wonder if the SCOTUS will expand religious rights at the expense of the LGBTQ community

/sarcasm

#law #FediLaw #SupremeCourt #SCOTUS #LGBTQ #equality

https://www.npr.org/2025/01/17/nx-s1-5264378/biden-era-national-archivist-constitution

https://www.npr.org/2025/01/17/nx-s1-5264378/biden-era-national-archivist-constitution

Text of the ERA: Section 1: Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on...

Text of the ERA:

Section 1: Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex.

Section 2: The Congress shall have the power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.

Section 3: This amendment shall take effect two years after the date of ratification.

#ERA #EqualRightsAmendment #law #FediLaw #Biden #equality

"I affirm what I believe and what three-fourths of the states have ratified: the 28th Amendment is the law of the land, guaranteeing...

"I affirm what I believe and what three-fourths of the states have ratified: the 28th Amendment is the law of the land, guaranteeing all Americans equal rights and protections under the law regardless of their sex."

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2025/01/17/statement-from-president-joe-biden-on-the-equal-rights-amendment/

#law #FediLaw #ERA #equality #Biden

The Religious Affiliations of Members of 119th Congress Are Reported https://buff.ly/40ej9lX"Pew reports that 86.7% of the voting...

The Religious Affiliations of Members of 119th Congress Are Reported https://buff.ly/40ej9lX

"Pew reports that 86.7% of the voting members of the Senate and House combined are Christian."

Yet the percentage of Christians in the general pop is in the mid-60's, making Christians overrepresented

https://buff.ly/3DOhNXJ

#law #religion #FediLaw #FediReligion #Congress

South Carolina Doctors Challenge #Abortion Ban on Free Exercise Grounds https://buff.ly/40gIQlQIf the Supreme Court happily grants...

South Carolina Doctors Challenge #Abortion Ban on Free Exercise Grounds https://buff.ly/40gIQlQ

If the Supreme Court happily grants conservative Christians exemptions from health care laws on religious liberty grounds (which they do all the time), then progressive Christians and nonChristians ought to be able to eligible for them too

#Law #FediLaw #FediProf #abortion #ReligiousLiberty #SupremeCourt #exemptions

Supreme Court to hear case challenging Obamacare’s preventive coverage https://buff.ly/40qWjceIt is NEVER good news when SCOTUS decides to...

Supreme Court to hear case challenging Obamacare’s preventive coverage https://buff.ly/40qWjce

It is NEVER good news when SCOTUS decides to hear a challenge brought by conservative Christians arguing about medical care.

These "Christians" don't want to cover HIV medicine bc they think it encourages homosexual sex. Seriously

And of course they don't want to cover contraception they believe causes abortions

#Law #FediLaw #FediHealth #SupremeCourt #SCOTUS #HealthCare
#ChristianNationalism

Ban on Firing Employee Because of Reproductive Health Decision May Violate Religious Employer's Expressive Association Rights...

Ban on Firing Employee Because of Reproductive Health Decision May Violate Religious Employer's Expressive Association Rights

https://buff.ly/3W2Es8R

So employers may be able to fire you because you had an abortion

Once again, Christians attacking an anti-discrimination law

Awful

#Law #FediLaw #Religion #abortion #discrimination

A favorite covid era innovation: online quizzesThe multiple choice quizzes cover basics of the assigned cases i.e. parties, holding,...

A favorite covid era innovation: online quizzes

The multiple choice quizzes cover basics of the assigned cases i.e. parties, holding, reasoning

The key is to make the online quizzes due BEFORE class

Also, I allow students to take the quiz as many times as they like, retaining only the highest score

Students who complete all quizzes with perfect score get extra points at the ned of the semester. Most do.

Everyone is better prepared

#law #FediLaw #FediProf #Teaching

Question for conlaw profs: If you are teaching conlaw I this spring (basic structure), what updates are you making to your syllabus besides...

Question for conlaw profs:

If you are teaching conlaw I this spring (basic structure), what updates are you making to your syllabus besides Trump v. United States (2024)?

#law #FediLaw #FediProf #ConstitutionalLaw

Why speech could be a target for the anti-abortion movement in...

Why speech could be a target for the anti-abortion movement in 2025

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/27/speech-anti-abortion-movement

'In an effort to cut off the avenues remaining to people in states with bans, the anti-abortion movement is looking at ways to control information about how and where to obtain abortions. State lawmakers have filed at least two bills for the 2025 legislative session that target abortion-related speech''

#law #lawFedi #abortion #speech #FreeSpeech #FIrstAmendment

Part of Arkansas book ban law is...

Part of Arkansas book ban law is unconstitutional,

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/24/arkansas-book-ban-law-librarians

"Ruling rejects part of governor-backed law that imposes criminal penalties on librarians for giving ‘harmful’ material to kids"

It was ruled void for vagueness.

Vague laws do not provide sufficient notice of what is and is not allowed.

Vague laws tend to chill speech, as speakers err on the side of caution.

#law #FediLaw #Speech #libraries