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 Appeals Court Heightens Stakes Over Ten Commandments School LawsA full federal appeals court will review Texas and Louisiana laws requiring Ten Commandments displays in schools.
Law & Courts Ed. Dept. Can't Cancel Dozens of School Mental Health Grants, Judge RulesThe grants, valued at $1 billion, help schools employ more mental health professionals.
Law & Courts Educational Toy Companies Lead Supreme Court Battle Over Trump TariffsTwo Illinois family-owned educational toy companies are challenging the president’s tariff policies.
Law & Courts Appeals Court Backs School Administrators Who Banned 'Let's Go Brandon!' ShirtsA coded message of political criticism was vulgar and can be barred in schools.
Law & Courts Judge Halts Trump Admin.'s Layoffs at Ed. Dept. and Other AgenciesMore than 400 workers at the diminished agency had been told their last day would be Dec. 9.
Law & Courts Supreme Court Again Declines a Case on School Gender Identity PoliciesThe U.S. Supreme Court refused to review a case on purported school gender-identity policies, as well as two other education-related appeals
Law & Courts Louisiana's Ten Commandments Law Gets Full Federal Appeals Court ReviewThe full 5th Circuit threw out a panel decision that blocked a Louisiana law requiring Ten Commandments displays in schools.
Law & Courts Ed. Dept. Workers' Union Sues Over Emails Blaming Democrats for ShutdownThe lawsuit challenges an automatic email from furloughed staff that blames U.S. Senate Democrats for the government shutdown.
Law & Courts New Supreme Court Term Puts Transgender Student Rights in the SpotlightThe justices will weigh state laws that bar transgender girls from female athletics, amid other issues of interest to educators in new term
Law & Courts Appeals Court Says Ed. Dept. Can Fire Civil Rights StaffOffice for civil rights employees had already begun returning to work under a court order
Law & Courts LGBTQ+ Rights, Ed. Dept. Cuts, Ten Commandments: A Summer Legal RoundupCourts weighed in this summer on LGBTQ+ rights, school speech, and religion in classrooms.
Law & Courts With Childhood Vaccination Rates Falling, Debate on Religious Exemptions GrowsThere is growing pressure from parents and the Trump administration for exemptions to be expanded. The U.S. Supreme Court could decide.
Law & Courts Supreme Court Rejects Bid to Block Transgender Boy From Male Restrooms at SchoolA divided Supreme Court declined to pause an injunction blocking a South Carolina law as it applied to a transgender male student.
Law & Courts School's Confederate Name Violates Students' Free Speech, Judge SaysThe district was the first to reverse course and bring back Confederate names for its schools. The litigation is ongoing.
Law & Courts Schools Sue Trump, But It's Getting Harder for Them to Recoup MoneyJudges have recently ruled against districts as they challenge Ed. Dept. funding cuts and threats in court.
