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End sought to litigation of school choice in Wisconsin(The Center Square) – Litigation of school choice and school vouchers in Wisconsin Supreme Court should end, the Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce said on Wednesday. The state’s largest business group… Read More
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Group seeks to overturn Connecticut religious exemption ban for school vaccines(The Center Square) – Critics of a Connecticut law banning religious exemptions from school vaccination requirements have lost several rounds in federal court but are planning to ask the U.S. Read More
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Georgia Supreme Court keeps six-week abortion ban in effect(The Center Square) – Georgia’s highest court upheld the state’s six-week abortion ban on Tuesday but sent some issues with the law back to a Fulton County court. The majority… Read More
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Student group sues Naval Academy over race-based admissions(Daily Caller News Foundation) – A legal group fighting against affirmative action sued the U.S. Naval Academy on Thursday over its purported consideration of an applicant’s race in admissions decisions. Read More
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‘Legally permissible ways’: Biden admin doubles down on higher ed ‘diversity’ despite Supreme Court ruling(Daily Caller News Foundation) – The Department of Education (ED) released a report Thursday advising colleges and universities on ways to increase “diversity” after the Supreme Court’s recent ruling against… Read More
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Groups urge Supreme Court to hear school admissions case(The Center Square) — A Virginia parents group and Fairfax County Public Schools have been locked in a legal battle recently appealed to the Supreme Court – and several legal… Read More
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Court rules former Kentucky county clerk who refused gay marriage licenses must personally pay same-sex couple $100K. Appeal may go to Supreme CourtA Kentucky county clerk was ordered by a jury to personally pay $100,000 in damages to a gay couple, some eight years after she refused to issue same-sex marriage licenses… Read More
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Some Kansas districts still paying millions to legal group to sue the state and monitor funds won(The Sentinel) – More than four years after the Kansas Supreme Court compelled school funding to be increased by more than $1 billion, 32 school districts in the state are… Read More
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State not solely responsible for school construction, WA Supreme Court rules(The Center Square) – The Washington Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the state is not constitutionally obligated to provide monies for capital construction projects to local school districts at the… Read More
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‘We finished the race.’ Coach Kennedy takes knee in prayer as fans cheer(The Daily Signal) – Fans from both teams cheered as Joe Kennedy knelt in silent prayer for 10 seconds at the 50-yard line. It was the… Read More
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Texas Supreme Court allows ban on minor gender dysphoria surgeries to take effect(The Center Square) – The Texas Supreme Court on Thursday allowed a new state law to go into effect Friday, Sept. 1, prohibiting surgeries and procedures on, and pharmaceutical drugs… Read More
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More courts uphold bans on ‘gender-affirming’ care for minors. Is the Supreme Court the next stop?(The Daily Signal) – Activist judges who believe the propaganda on “lifesaving” “gender-affirming” care for minors are weeping into their lattes this month as a second federal appellate court has… Read More
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Biden admin urges colleges to continue to racially discriminate following Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action(Daily Caller News Foundation) – The Biden administration urged colleges and universities on Monday to continue to racially discriminate in an effort to make their student body diverse, following the… Read More
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State Supreme Court says religious schools can require teachers to adhere to faith-based principles(Daily Caller News Foundation) – The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled in favor of a Catholic school Monday, arguing that religious organizations have the right to require their staff to… Read More
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Coach to return to high school football field after 7-year court battle over prayer there(The Daily Signal) – After a seven-year legal battle that ended with a victory at the Supreme Court, Joe Kennedy will be back on the field Sept. 1… Read More
Public Education
Biden administration to award $100M to minority colleges(The Center Square) – In the wake of the Supreme Court’s affirmative action ruling, the Biden administration is granting more than $100 million to historically black colleges and universities and… Read More
Culture
Biden administration and university leaders hold summit to strategize continuing racial discrimination(The Daily Signal) – President Joe Biden’s Department of Education is attempting to circumvent the Supreme Court’s recent ruling against using racial discrimination in college admissions. Read More
Government
Iowa officials respond to district court’s temporary injunction on new abortion ban(The Center Square) – An Iowa district court decided Monday to issue a temporary injunction on the law legislators passed last week to ban abortion. Gov. Kim Reynolds had called… Read More
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Supreme Court could end race-based admissions at elite US high schools, experts say(Daily Caller News Foundation) – The Supreme Court could take up a case that challenges the use of racial balancing practices at selective high schools following its ruling against race-based… Read More
Public Education
Biden admin plans to wipe $39 billion in student debt for thousands of borrowers despite SCOTUS ruling(Daily Caller News Foundation) – The Department of Education (DOE) announced Friday that it will automatically forgive $39 billion of student loan debt for more than 804,000 borrowers, following a… Read More