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  • … states having done so far past the deadline. In 2020, Virginia voted to ratify the ERA, claiming that its vote … state signature. But when the Department of Justice told Virginia that its vote could not count since the ERA was no … Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares announced that the commonwealth was reversing its legal position and withdrawing …
  • … cases protecting the freedom of speech , including Reed v. Town of Gilbert (2015), NIFLA v. Becerra (2018), and 303 … words – Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire (1942) True threats – Virginia v. Black (2003), Counterman v. Colorado (2023) … Students for Life of America held an event at Virginia Commonwealth University. The invited speakers were shouted …
  • … to compete on a level playing field. Case study: West Virginia’s women’s sports law As part of the nationwide … to ensure equal opportunities for women in athletics, West Virginia enacted a women’s sports law in 2021. Importantly, … of Lainey Armistead, a collegiate soccer player at West Virginia State University. As a longtime athlete who could be …
  • … ability to not speak messages they disagree with. West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette (1943) During World War II, the West Virginia Board of Education required students and teachers at …
  • … females compete in the women’s category. In 2021, West Virginia joined these states in passing legislation aimed at … women’s sports. What is the WV transgender law? West Virginia passed the Save Women’s Sports Act in April 2021. … Lainey Armistead, a former women’s soccer player at West Virginia State University. As a dedicated female athlete, …
  • … the case with Harrisonburg City Public Schools (HCPS) in Virginia. Prior to the 2021-2022 school year, HCPS modified … the treatment of transgender students. While the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) had developed new … not school officials acting on their own. Figliola v. Harrisonburg City Public School Board HCPS detailed its …
  • … Supreme Court finally abandoned the Lemon test in Kennedy v. Bremerton. Written by Jordan Lorence Published September … concocted by the Supreme Court in the 1971 decision Lemon v. Kurtzman . Its ahistorical focus and one-size-fits-all … Case:Rosenberger v. Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia … Case:Good News Club v. Milford Central School …
  • … its ability to hear cases about future injuries in Mugler v. Kansas . Since then, the Court has heard a pre-enforcement … to pre-enforcement challenges: Pennsylvania v. West Virginia (1923): The Supreme Court ruled that “[o]ne does not … claims deters the exercise of his constitutional rights.” Virginia v. American Booksellers Association (1988): In a …
  • … represent Lainey Armistead, who played soccer at West Virginia State University. Lainey intervened in a federal … law. In March 2023, attorneys with ADF and the West Virginia attorney general’s office  filed a motion  asking … to reverse an appeals court’s injunction blocking West Virginia’s women’s sports law without providing any …
  • … her. Réka is a two-time conference swimming champion from Virginia Tech who specialized in the 500-yard freestyle … Armistead as she intervenes in a similar lawsuit in West Virginia to defend that state’s law protecting women’s …