Tennessee v. US Department of Education
When Equality Compels Speech
MSLF is offering an amicus brief to show that the Dept. of Educationâs new interpretation of Title IX is nothing more than compelled speech in disguise.
MSLF is offering an amicus brief to show that the Dept. of Educationâs new interpretation of Title IX is nothing more than compelled speech in disguise.
Melissa and Aaron Klein are practitioners of the American Dream. In 2007, they opened a bakery called âSweet Cakes by Melissaâ in Gresham, Oregon. The shop was a staple in…
We all remember when the pandemic first struck how municipal public health officials across the country echoed Dr. Anthony Fauciâif we all stay home, wear masks, and social distance for…
Everyone should play by the same rules. Thatâs the basic idea of fairness most Americans understand. When it befits them, the federal government loves to hold people accountable to its…
This Final Rule, addressing the âDefinition of âFrame or Receiverâ and Identification of Firearms,â alters the legal landscape surrounding firearms regulation, giving complete discretionary power to the ATF and its Director to decide what the ATF can regulate and how. The ATF is usurping Congressâs legislative power and is wielding the regulation to severely burden the practice of self-manufacture and the businesses that facilitate it.
Case Summary In an infringement of peaceable Americansâ right to choose the arms they see fit to defend themselves, their loved ones, and their communities, the State of Washington has…
Case Summary Peter Vlaming taught French at a public high school for years before he was fired over the issue of a studentâs pronouns and over the walkout protests of…
Case Summary Public lands should be for public use, right? According to environmentalists, thatâs wrong. For many disabled Americans, including many veterans like the Trail Preservation Allianceâs Don Riggle,…
Case Summary Michael and Chantell Sackett own an undeveloped lot near Priest Lake in Bonner County, Idaho. The north and south sides of the property are bounded by roads, and…
Case Summary Emilee Carpenter is a professional photographer, based in New York, who has been photographing weddings since 2012. In 2019 she took a leap of faith and opened her…
— Coach Joseph Kennedy is a former U.S. Marine who coached football at Bremerton High School, in Bremerton, Washington, until 2015, when he was suspended from his job by the school district for defying an order to not public engage in a post-game prayer. Now, after a series of court setbacks, the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to rule on whether Kennedyâs religious liberties were trampled when the district first forbid him from praying with his players, and then ordered him to pray in secret. At issue in this case is whether public employees can be legally prohibited from private and personal displays of religious faith on âEstablishment Clauseâ grounds.
In the American constitutional order, Congress makes laws. The President and federal agencies are tasked with executing, enforcing and sometimes interpreting those laws, in cases where Congress used ambiguous language. But how much latitude and discretion does the executive branch have when it comes to the interpretative part of its mission, if the text of the law isnât clear? On that question a lot depends, given the vast regulatory power the modern administrative state wields like a hammer.
Playing on popular misconceptions and fears, the State of Maryland bans what it deems âassault weaponsââa non-technical public relations term, used to demonize commonly owned and constitutionally protected firearms. A group of plaintiffs have sued Marylandâs attorney general, challenging this unconstitutional ban and seeking a full restoration of their natural right to self-defenseânow theyâre asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear their case.
Former Colorado Corrections Sergeant Josh Young is suing the Centennial State over divisive and bigoted âDiversity, Equity and Inclusionâ training that created a hostile and discriminatory workplace, further ratcheted-up racial tensions in the prison, and recklessly undermined the morale, cohesiveness and safety of the facilityâs guard force and inmate population. Â
Case Summary Firefighter unions in Austin, Texas, have negotiated terms in their labor contract that allow union representatives on the force to conduct private union business, including politicking and lobbying,…
This case raises the question of how property owners and businesses along the Missouri River should be compensated in response to government-caused flooding that destroyed crops, devalued their farmland and damaged their businesses. One Court already has ruled that theyâre the victims of a government-caused taking. But Washington continues to resist paying the damaged parties just compensation for the harm that Washington did. Â
While it may seem obvious that scholastic achievements should be merit-based rather than race-based, that isnât true at numerous American colleges and universities. Schools of higher education have for too long been permitted to legally discriminate against qualified student applicants in order to benefit less-qualified applicants of favored racial or ethnic groups.
Case Summary Americans have a natural, constitutionally protected right to choose the self-defense tools they deem necessary, whether thatâs a firearm or some other form of weaponry. âArms,â as in âto…
Case Summary Beachfront property along Californiaâs gorgeous Pacific coast must be among the most coveted acreage in the world. But Hollywood stars, tech moguls, and golf course developers arenât alone…
Those who wrote the law believed good intentions gave them a pass on thinking these matters through more carefully — a misjudgment that laid the predicate for the legal challenge we bring today.
The State of Colorado is trying to force a Christian web designer to create a website that celebrates same-sex marriage, even thought that message violates her religious convictions.
Denver educator Celeste Archer is a luminary in the Colorado education community. She is the Executive Director of the University of Colorado Denverâs National History Day in Colorado program. But in a Kafkaesque turn of events, school officials summarily barred Archer from campus based on an anonymous allegation that she had tested positive for COVID-19, had COVID-19 symptoms, or had been exposed to them. The exclusion order was issued without advance notice, without an investigation, without a hearing, and without Archer having an opportunity to rebut the claim.
hat contradicts the plain meaning of the law, as well as longstanding Federal standards, the Department of Justice (DOJ) seeks to redefine many pistols with stabilizing braces as âshort-barreled rifles,â by a rule proposed for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) in June 2021. Owners of these newly redefined guns would be subject to an incredibly stringent set of registration requirements and taxesâas well federal felony convictions for any wrong stepâunder the National Firearms Act.
Can the Biden Administration be trusted to defend the signature achievement of the previous administration’s Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos? It doesn’t take a crystal ball to see that is doubtful.