Secular Student Alliance v. U.S. Department of Education

Summary

Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys representing Christian student organization Ratio Christi filed a motion in federal court Thursday to intervene in defense of a U.S. Department of Education regulation which requires all public colleges and universities that are federal grant recipients to comply with the First Amendment. Americans United for Separation of Church and State filed suit to challenge the rule, implemented during the Trump administration, on behalf of the Secular Student Alliance.

The Biden administration has implemented or is seeking to implement multiple regulations that would severely restrict religious freedom.

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Case Documents

Court

Title

Date

Trial Court

Proposed Intervenor-defendant Ratio Christi, Inc.'s amicus curiae brief in opposition to plaintiff's motion for partial summary judgment

5/10/2024

Trial Court

Joint Status Report

2/23/2023

Trial Court

Order Granting Stay

4/21/2021

Trial Court

Joint Motion to Stay

4/20/2021

Trial Court

Memo in support of intervention

2/18/2021

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Matt Bowman

Senior Counsel, Director of Regulatory Practice

Matt Bowman serves as senior counsel and director of regulatory practice at Alliance Defending Freedom, where he focuses on the impact of administrative law on religious freedom, the sanctity of life, and family.

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