Law & Courts
Education news, analysis, and opinion about court cases, lawsuits, and regulations affecting schools.
See also: Supreme Court, Court Cases, First Amendment, Student Rights
Law & Courts School Restrooms, LGBTQ+ Curriculum, Disability Rights: A Spring Legal RoundupCourts weighed in this spring on transgender rights, disability access, and parent opt-outs.
Law & Courts Federal Appeals Court Upholds Block on Louisiana Ten Commandments Display LawLouisiana's law requiring the Ten Commandments in every classroom likely violates the First Amendment, a federal appeals court ruled.
Law & Courts Court Again Tells Trump Admin. to Restore Laid-Off Ed. Dept. StaffersThe judge was ruling in a case that challenged staff cuts and office closures at the Education Department's office for civil rights
Law & Courts Supreme Court Ruling May Redefine Transgender Rights in SchoolsThe U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a case about puberty blockers and hormone treatments that holds implications for transgender students.
Law & Courts Supreme Court Decision Lets Students Sue Schools More Easily for Disability BiasThe justices ruled unanimously that students with disabilities need not meet a more stringent standard when suing under two federal laws.
Law & Courts Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to Reinstate Ed. Dept. LayoffsThe administration asks the U.S. Supreme Court to remove an injunction blocking the layoffs of nearly 1,400 department employees
Law & Courts A Court Told Trump to Reverse Ed. Dept. Layoffs. Will It Happen?A judge ruled May 22 that the Trump administration had to reinstate laid-off Ed. Dept. staffers. They're still not back on the job.
Law & Courts Appeals Court Ruling Raises Bar for Challenging School Book BansA federal appeals court rejected a challenge to book removals in a Texas public library and overruled a precedent on school library cases.
Law & Courts Supreme Court Won’t Hear ‘Two Genders’ Student T-Shirt CaseOver two justices' dissent, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear the case of a student barred from wearing an anti-transgender T-shirt.
Law & Courts Religious Charter School Blocked After Supreme Court DeadlockThe U.S. Supreme Court's 4-4 split over a religious charter school affirms a lower court ruling against the school but sets no precedent.
Law & Courts Supreme Court Gives Relief to Maine Legislator in Transgender Sports ControversyThe U.S. Supreme Court temporarily restored voting privileges to a Maine lawmaker whose social media post criticized a transgender athlete.
Law & Courts Supreme Court Case on Birthright Citizenship Sparks Fears for School FundingThe justices are weighing whether to allow nationwide injunctions of President Donald Trump's executive order on birthright citizenship.
Law & Courts Opinion What the Supreme Court Case on LGBTQ+ Books Reminds Us About Parents’ RightsRegardless of which side wins Mahmoud v. Taylor, we have a big problem.
Law & Courts Retired Justice Souter, Advocate for Civics and Church-State Split, Dies at 85Retired Justice David Souter, who wrote Supreme Court opinions on student strip searches and government aid to religion, has died.
Law & Courts Supreme Court Appears Open to Religious Charter SchoolThe U.S. Supreme Court grappled with whether charter schools are public schools and whether the Constitution permits a religious charter.
