Law & Courts
Education news, analysis, and opinion about court cases, lawsuits, and regulations affecting schools.
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Law & Courts Court Restores Officers' Immunity Over Seizure of High School Athletes in Peeping ProbeA federal appeals court ruled in the case of two campus officers involved in detaining football camp participants for hours of questioning.
Law & Courts Appeals Court Weighs Idaho Law Barring Transgender Female Students From Girls' SportsThe three-judge federal court panel reviews a lower-court ruling that blocked the controversial statute and said it was likely unconstitutional.
Law & Courts Federal Appeals Court Backs Socioeconomic-Based Admissions Plan for Boston 'Exam Schools'The court denies an injunction to block the plan for next year and says considering family income in admissions is likely constitutional.
Law & Courts U.S. Supreme Court Wary About Extending School Authority Over Student Internet SpeechIn arguments, the justices looked for a narrow way to decide a case about the discipline of a cheerleader over a profane Snapchat message.
Law & Courts Supreme Court to Weigh When School Board Censure of a Member Violates the First AmendmentThe justices will decide an issue that has become more salient as a few board members rant inappropriately on social media.
Law & Courts Federal Judge Dismisses Challenge to Transgender-Inclusive Athletics Policy in ConnecticutA federal district court judge said the lawsuit by cisgender female athletes was moot because two transgender track athletes had graduated.
Law & Courts 7 Things to Know About the Cheerleader Speech Case Coming Up in the U.S. Supreme CourtThe justices hear arguments on Wednesday in the case about whether school officials may discipline students for off-campus speech.
Law & Courts Supreme Court Lowers Bar for Life-Without-Parole Sentences for Juvenile OffendersThe justices rule 6-3 that a state does not need to find a juvenile offender “permanently incorrigible” before imposing the harsh sentence.
Law & Courts Decades-Old Desegregation Case Drawing to a Close in Tucson, Ariz.After more than 40 years, the Tucson Unified School District is being released from court oversight for its decades-old desegregation case.
Law & Courts How a Cheerleader's Snapchat Profanity Could Shape the Limits of Students' Free SpeechBrandi Levy's social media post is the basis for a case before the U.S. Supreme Court on whether schools may punish off-campus speech.
Law & Courts Student School Board Members Flex Their Civic Muscle in Supreme Court Free-Speech CaseCurrent and former student school board members add their growing voices to a potentially precedent-setting U.S. Supreme Court case.
Law & Courts Justice Department Memo Could Stoke State-Federal Fights Over Transgender Students' RightsTitle IX prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity in schools, a Justice Department memo says.
Law & Courts Diverse Array of Groups Back Student in Supreme Court Case on Off-Campus SpeechJohn and Mary Beth Tinker, central to the landmark speech case that bears their name, argue that even offensive speech merits protection.
Law & Courts Supreme Court Sympathetic to College Athletes' Challenge to NCAA Rules on Education AidThe justices weighed a case about the definition of amateurism in college athletics that may trickle down to high school and youth sports.
