The result of the case could have far-reaching ramifications for tens of millions of public school students.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday will hear a case on schoolspeech that could be the most influential on the topic since the famous 1969 case Tinker v. Des Moines.
The dispute stems from Snapchat posts by a high school sophomore after she did not make a varsity cheer team. But it could have implications for tens of millions of students nationwide, and to what extent schools are allowed to regulate and punish students for speech that happens outside of school.
It pits the school district against Christian groups; the Biden administration against the ACLU; and anti-bullying advocates against student rights groups.
What Is the Freedom of Association and Will the Supreme Court Protect It?
The freedom of association is closely tied to the freedoms of speech because it facilitates ideas and expression. The Supreme Court should protect this right from leftist states that want to arrest the development of ideas they don’t like. (Photo:
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GianCarlo Canaparo is a legal fellow in the Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies at The Heritage Foundation.
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Monday in Americans for Prosperity Foundation v. Rodriquez as well as a related case brought by the Thomas More Law Center, which challenge a California policy requiring nonprofits to disclose the names of their anonymous donors. The policy was initially created by then-state Attorney General Kamala Harris.
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The Biden administration is working to keep in place an Obamacare mandate that would require doctors and hospitals to perform gender transition surgeries even if doing so violates their religious beliefs as it continues to face scrutiny from the judicial branch.
Luke Goodrich, vice president and senior counsel at the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, took to Twitter Tuesday to announce that the administration filed “an appeal seeking to force religious doctors and hospitals to perform potentially harmful gender-transition procedures against their conscience and professional medical judgment.”
#BREAKING: The Biden Admin just filed an appeal seeking to force religious doctors and hospitals to perform potentially harmful gender-transition procedures against their conscience and professional medical judgment. This is bad for patients, doctors, and religious liberty. 1/ Luke Goodrich (@LukeWGoodrich) April 20, 2021
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The Biden administration is working to keep in place an Obamacare mandate that would require doctors and hospitals to perform gender transition surgeries even if doing so violates their religious beliefs as it continues to face scrutiny from the judicial branch.
Luke Goodrich, vice president and senior counsel at the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, took to Twitter Tuesday to announce that the administration filed “an appeal seeking to force religious doctors and hospitals to perform potentially harmful gender-transition procedures against their conscience and professional medical judgment.”
#BREAKING: The Biden Admin just filed an appeal seeking to force religious doctors and hospitals to perform potentially harmful gender-transition procedures against their conscience and professional medical judgment. This is bad for patients, doctors, and religious liberty. 1/ Luke Goodrich (@LukeWGoodrich) April 20, 2021