Suit Voluntarily Dismissed After School District Changes Rule On Distribution of Religious Material

ADF announced yesterday that it has voluntarily dismissed it lawsuit in K.R. v. Unified School District No. 204, (D KA, April 29, 2014) (full text of Notice of Voluntary Dismissal) after the school district removed its restriction on distribution of religious material.  The suit challenged school district rules that originally permitted students to post information and hand out flyers during non-instructional time, except for religious material. (See prior posting.)

Supreme Court Denies Review In Case of Disciplinary Sanctions On Former Kansas AG For Abortion Clinic Investigations

The Supreme Court today denied certiorari in Kline v. Kansas Disciplinary Administrator, (Docket No. 13-1104, cert. denied 4/28/2014) (Order List). In the case, the Kansas Supreme Court imposed an indefinite suspension of the right to practice law on former state attorney general Phillip Kline for 11 violations of the rules of professional conduct in his investigation of abortion clinics while he served as Attorney General and for his role with a citizen-requested grand jury while he served as Johnson County District Attorney. (See prior posting.)