Showing posts with label Parental rights. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Parental rights. Show all posts
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...
Saturday, June 28, 2025

Supreme Court: Parents Have Free Exercise Right to Opt Children Out of Class Discussions That Undermine Religious Beliefs

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 In Mahmoud v. Taylor , (Sup.Ct., June 27, 2025), the U.S. Supreme Court in a 6-3 decision upheld the granting of a preliminary injunction t...
Friday, May 16, 2025

Mass. Top Court Says Rastafarian Parents Can Bar Vaccination of Their Child Who Is In Temporary State Custody

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In Care and Protection of Eve ,  (MA Sup. Jud. Ct., May 15, 2025), the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court held that the Department of Chil...
Thursday, May 01, 2025

Court Upholds School's Policy on Use of Students' Preferred Names and Pronouns

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In Willey v. Sweetwater County School District #1 Board of Trustees ,  (D WY, April 28, 2025), a Wyoming federal district court upheld again...
Thursday, April 24, 2025

Indiana Enacts Parental Rights Law

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On April 22, Indiana Governor Mike Braun signed Senate Bill 143 protecting Parental Rights. The new law ( full text ) provides in part: ......
Tuesday, April 22, 2025

Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Permissive Opt-Out of Children from Exposure To LGBTQ-Friendly Books

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The U.S. Supreme Court this morning will hear oral arguments in Mahmoud v. Taylor.  In the case, the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals affir...

Parents Lack Standing to Challenge Law Barring Schools from Disclosing Child's Change of Name or Pronoun

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In Chino Valley Unified School District v. Newsom ,  (ED CA, April 18, 2025), a California federal district court held that plaintiffs, pare...
Wednesday, April 16, 2025

West Virginia Enacts Parents' Bill of Rights

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On April 14, West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey signed HB 2129, the Parents' Bill of Rights ( full text ). The new law provides in ...
Friday, March 21, 2025

School's Gender Support Policy Did Not Violate Parent's Free Exercise or Due Process Rights

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In  Vitsaxaki v. Skaneateles Central School District , (ND NY, March 20, 2025), a New York federal district court rejected free exercise and...