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U.S. Supreme Court Cautions About School Regulation of Off-Campus Student Speech
The United States Supreme Court has ruled in favor of a student who alleged that school authorities had violated her First Amendment Free Speech rights for off-campus conduct that was manifested in social media postings.
U.S. Supreme Court Refuses to Grant Appeal to Gloucester School Board in Title IX Transgender Case
The Supreme Court just this week declined the Gloucester County School Board’s request to allow it an appeal of the U.S. Fourth Circuit’s decision in the protracted litigation over the Board’s facilities use policy involving a former student over his
Virginia Supreme Court Three-Justice Panel Rejects Loudoun’s Arguments Over Teacher Suspension
In what it denominated an “Order,” a three-justice panel of the seven-member Virginia Supreme Court rejected the Loudoun County School Board’s arguments in support of placing on administrative leave a teacher who had allegedly dissented in public before that School
Virginia Supreme Court Supports Governor’s Initiative to Remove Monument
The Virginia Supreme Court has decided that Virginia’s Governor is not, because of old deed restrictions, prevented from ordering the removal of another Civil War-related monument in Virginia’s capitol city, Richmond.
Fifth Circuit Enjoins Vaccine Rule
On Friday, November 12, 2021, a three-judge panel for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit enjoined enforcement of the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s emergency temporary standard on workplace COVID-19 policies.
Sixth Circuit “Wins” Lottery to Handle OSHA ETS Litigation
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has been picked by random selection to handle the OSHA ETS litigation which was pending in various federal circuit courts across the United States.