Showing posts with label Parental rights. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Parental rights. Show all posts
Thursday, May 28, 2026

6th Circuit: Plaintiffs Lack Standing to Challenge Michigan's Reproductive Rights Amendment

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In Right to Life of Michigan v. Whitmer ,  (6th Cir., May 26, 2026), the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a Michigan district cour...
Monday, May 11, 2026

Nebraska Supreme Court Rules on Non-Custodial Parent's Right To Influence Children's Religious Upbringing

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In Munsell v. Munsell ,  (NE Sup. Ct., May 8, 2026), the Nebraska Supreme Court modified a trial court's divorce decree in a dispute ove...
Tuesday, April 21, 2026

Certiorari Denied in Challenge to School Policy on Gender Transitioning Students

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The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday denied review in Foote v. Ludlow School Committee,  (Docket No. 25-77, certiorari  denied 4/20/2026). ( Ord...
Monday, March 23, 2026

1st Circuit: Equal Benefit Requirement for Religious Schools Does Not Extend to All Private Schools

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 In Hellman v. Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education , (1st Cir., March 20, 2026), parents contended that their chi...
Sunday, March 08, 2026

Father's Rights Not Violated by School's Refusal to Dismiss Son Early on Fridays for Religious Services

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In Sapp v. Trenton Board of Education ,  (D NJ, March 6, 2026), a New Jersey federal district court dismissed a suit brought pro se  against...
Monday, March 02, 2026

Supreme Court in Shadow Docket Case Rejects California's Policy on Informing Parents of Student's Gender Transition

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On Monday evening, the U.S. Supreme Court in Mirabelli v. Bonta , (Sup. Ct., March 2, 2026), barred enforcement against objecting parents of...
Thursday, February 19, 2026

DOJ Opens Title IX Investigations of 3 Michigan School Districts

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The Department of Justice announced yesterday that it has opened Title IX investigations into three Michigan school districts. The announce...
Wednesday, February 11, 2026

House Subcommittee Holds Hearing on Supreme Court's Decision in Mahmoud v. Taylor

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Yesterday, the House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education held a hearing titled Defending Faith and Families...
Thursday, January 15, 2026

Parents Seek Emergency Order from SCOTUS Reinstating Trial Court's Voiding of School Policy on Disclosure of Students' Gender Transition

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As previously reported , last December in Mirabelli v. Bonta,  a California federal district court held unconstitutional the policy of Calif...
Wednesday, December 31, 2025

Lower Court Applies Supreme Court's Classroom Religious Opt-Out Decision

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In Alan L. v. Lexington Public Schools , (D MA, Dec. 30, 2025), a Massachusetts federal district court, relying on the Supreme Court's r...
Thursday, November 20, 2025

UK Supreme Court Faults Type of Religious Education Offered by Northern Ireland Primary School

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The United Kingdom Supreme Court yesterday in  In the matter of an application by JR87 and another for Judicial Review , (UK SC, Nov. 19, 20...
Wednesday, November 05, 2025

Texas Voters Approve Parental Rights Amendment

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Texas voters yesterday by a vote of 70% to 30%  adopted an amendment to the state Constitution providing: To enshrine truths that are deeply...
Monday, October 20, 2025

Court Upholds Right of Divorced Father to Raise His Young Children in Sikh Tradition

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In N.S. v. H.C. ,  (CA App., Oct. 17, 2025), a California state appellate court reversed and remanded a trial court's ruling on divorced...
Wednesday, October 15, 2025

Supreme Court Denies Review of School Policy on Hiding Students' Gender Dysphoria from Parents

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The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday denied certiorari in Lee v. Poudre School District R-1,  (Docket No. 25-89, certiorari denied (10/14/2025) ...
Friday, September 26, 2025

Mother Loses Free Exercise Challenge To Violence Against Women Act

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In United States v. Gaviola ,  (ED CA, Sept. 25, 2025), a California federal district court held that enforcement of 18 USC §2262(a)(2) doe...
Saturday, September 20, 2025

School's Policy on Disclosure of Students' Social Transitioning Violated Due Process, But Not Parents' Free Exercise Rights

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In Mead v. Rockford Public School District ,  (WD MI, Sept. 18, 2025), parents of a middle school student, referred to as G.M., challenged a...
Friday, September 05, 2025

6th Circuit: Transgender Bathroom Rule Did Not Violate Objecting Parents' or Students' Free Exercise Rights

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In Jane and John Doe No. 1 v. Bethel Local School District Board of Education ,  (6th Cir., Aug. 26, 2025), the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Ap...
Friday, August 08, 2025

10th Circuit Upholds Oklahoma's Ban on Gender-Affirming Care for Minors

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In Poe v. Drummond ,  (10th Cir., Aug. 6, 2025), the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a trial court's refusal to preliminaril...
Thursday, July 31, 2025

North Carolina Legislature Overrides Governor's Veto of Bill on Transgender Issues, Pornography and Religious School Opt-Outs

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On Tuesday, the North Carolina legislature overrode the governor's veto of House Bill 805 ( full text ). The new law deals with a lengt...
Tuesday, July 22, 2025

Supreme Court Review Sought on Parents' Rights to Know of School's Social Transitioning of Their Child

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 A petition for certiorari  ( full text ) was filed last week with the U.S. Supreme Court in Foote v. Ludlow School Committee,  (Sup.Ct., ce...