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  • … speech? Free speech is guaranteed to all Americans by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. It states in part, … pursue truth, learn new ideas, and express one’s thoughts. When we talk with other people, we learn, grow in … the court to protect his First Amendment rights. Another student, Maggie DeJong , was also punished for expressing her …
  • … to violate religious freedom, but it’s particularly cruel when it does so in a way that harms needy children. In the … them to violate their faith, CDSS ignored this exemption. When Dayspring asked to remove the words “sexual orientation” …
  • … 2020 Revised August 29, 2023 During significant protest activity in Washington, D.C., in June 2020, two murals … students. Read more about the details of this case below. Student advocates were arrested after they started writing a … would be able to paint their message on the street. But when the rally participants arrived, they were greeted by …
  • … who spoke out against a school policy that allowed a male student (who identifies as female) to change in the girls’ … room while the girls’ volleyball team was also changing. When Blake, a freshman and member of the volleyball team, … for viewpoint discrimination and violations of their First Amendment rights to free speech. Shortly after filing …
  • … ‘Two Genders.’ I’m Fighting Back I was pulled out of my first period class and told by the acting principal that I … the shirt didn’t bother anybody. But I was pulled out of first-period class by the acting principal. She took me into … dad, and he agreed with me, so he came and picked me up. When he talked with administrators, they said what I did was …
  • … of bringing in Dr. Audi—funding that comes from mandatory student fees. But the university denied Ratio Christi’s … Program Council earmarks $10,000 in mandatory student fee funds to fund events held by recognized student … precedent . The policy’s flaws became apparent in 2021, when Ratio Christi applied for $1,500 in student fees to help …
  • … has the right to speak freely. It’s protected by the First Amendment. We usually think about violations of free speech … because the center always has medical personnel on site when providing any medical services to women. Based on this …
  • … at the University of Louisville for nearly 15 years. When he arrived at the school in 2003, he took over a … be prohibited from punishing him.   What's at stake? The First Amendment guarantees to every American the fundamental right …
  • … religious liberty that I have seen in my years litigating First Amendment cases since 1984 has been the extreme … displays, etc. Under the Lemon test, a government action violates the Establishment Clause if it violates one or more … wrong thinking once again. ADF experienced this argument when it challenged the New York City Department of …
  • … care of children in need of a home. In America, one of the first orphanages was founded before the Revolutionary War by … v. James Nearly three years after New Hope Family Services first wound up in court, the ministry was forced to file a … found that the state had likely violated New Hope’s First Amendment rights by attempting to force it to place children …