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Dear Legal Mailbag:
Now that Thanksgiving is over, some of us are decorating for Christmas. That is normally fine
Continue Reading CAS Legal Mailbag – 12/12/24Emerging School Law Issues
Originally appeared in the CAS Weekly Newsletter
Dear Legal Mailbag:
Now that Thanksgiving is over, some of us are decorating for Christmas. That is normally fine…
Continue Reading CAS Legal Mailbag – 12/12/24Originally appeared in the CAS Weekly Newsletter
Dear Legal Mailbag:
Last week, I received a request from a parent for accommodation, and I write to…
Continue Reading CAS Legal Mailbag – 9/28/23In its recent decision, We the Patriots USA, Inc. v. Connecticut Office of Early Childhood Development, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second…
Continue Reading Second Circuit Upholds Law Repealing Religious Exemptions for Mandatory Immunization Requirements for School EnrollmentOn January 11, 2022, the federal District Court for the District of Connecticut dismissed a lawsuit brought by two associations and three individuals against three…
Continue Reading District Court Dismisses Challenge to Elimination of Religious Exemptions from School Vaccine Mandates
Less than one week after the Second Circuit Court of Appeals held that Title VII’s prohibition on sex discrimination bars discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals issued its own landmark Title VII decision finding that the antidiscrimination statute prohibits discrimination against transgender or transitioning individuals even where an employer’s religious exercise may be substantially burdened.
Continue Reading Sixth Circuit: Title VII Prohibits Discrimination Based on Transgender and/or Transitioning Status
The issue of religious expression in the school setting is potentially facing another legal test in West Covina, California. The school district is being faced…
With the increased focus on school security, more school districts will be utilizing and requiring that students wear ID badges while on campus. A federal…
Continue Reading Court Rejects Student’s Challenge to Student ID Badge Requirement
Cheerleaders in Kountze, Texas have a practice of putting Bible verses on the banners they hold up at football games. Banners have been painted with…
Continue Reading A Texas Judge Allows Religious Messages on Banners
Setting up a constitutional showdown about the Establishment Clause of the United States Constitution, the Giles County School Board unanimously voted to return displays of…
Continue Reading Virginia School Board Votes to Return Ten Commandments Displays to Schools
In the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on September 11th, the New Hampshire state legislature passed the New Hampshire Patriot Act. While the Act provides…
Continue Reading First Circuit Affirms That Recitation Of The Pledge Of Allegiance Is Not A Formal Religious Exercise