Jaiden Rodriguez v. Harrison School District 2
Some Schools Need an Education
Jaiden Rodriguez’s case and his backpack patches will set an important precedent to hold schools accountable for their duty to honor the First Amendment.
Cases
Garcia v. Polis
Rights Delayed are Rights Denied
Colorado’s law isn’t just a waiting period on the right to possess peaceably purchased property. It is a delay on safety itself.
Felkner v. Nazarian
No One Gets a Free Pass to Violate the Constitution
Government should err on the side of liberty and steer clear of the constitutional boundaries they are obligated to respect.
Parents Defending Education v. Olentangy BOE
Mandating Pronouns is Compelled Speech
For the better part of a century, it has been clear public schools may not force students to mouth allegiance to ideals and principles that they do not hold.
LM v. Town of Middleborough
Dissent is Not Harassment
The courts must firmly declare to schools they are not at liberty to suppress ideas they find disagreeable, especially in matters of public controversy.
Coalition for TJ v. Fairfax County School Board
How Government Tries to Get Around the Supreme Court
This is the next frontier of fighting race discrimination. The Supreme Court must take up the case, or else schools will know exactly how to discriminate.
Damiano v. Grants Pass School District
Rational Debate vs. Hecklers
Mountain States is joining Rachel and Katie’s fight. We are dedicated to protecting an individual’s right to speak freely without fear of retribution.
IPANM v. Environmental Improvement Board
Anti-Energy Government
The hatred so-called environmentalists have for oil and gas not only makes the basics of life more expensive, but is also the heart of an anti-human sentiment.
Loper Bright: How Should Courts Apply “Chevron Deference”?
Loper Bright v. Raimondo
From our high school government classes, we remember that Congress passes bills, and the President signs them. But there’s more to the story. Congress has delegated an enormous amount of…
People v. Clark
Free Speech in the Courts
Trial by a jury of your peers has been a right valued in the United States for decades. And while a lot of folks don’t like serving on a jury,…
Henderson v. School District of Springfield R-12.
Mandated Ideology
Case Summary In the case, Henderson v. School District of Springfield R-12, two employees sued the school district, Springfield Public Schools in Missouri, over mandatory diversity and inclusion training that they…
Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Scardina
They Won't Leave Jack Alone
Jack Phillips, like every creative professional, has the right to decline to use his artistic abilities to express messages he disagrees with.
Soule v. Connecticut Association of Schools
Ideology Threatens Equality
MSLF is committed to the plain text reading of Title IX that respects the drafters’ original intentions. We stand with our friends in liberty at ADF.
Texas v. Garland
The Constitution Governs in Crisis
The Constitution must be followed especially during crises—there would be no point in a supreme law if the legislature could ignore it when things get tough.
Tennessee v. US Department of Education
When Equality Compels Speech
MSLF is offering an amicus brief to show that the Dept. of Education’s new interpretation of Title IX is nothing more than compelled speech in disguise.
Klein v. Oregon Bureau of Labor & Industries
Art is Speech, Even if Edible
Melissa and Aaron Klein are practitioners of the American Dream. In 2007, they opened a bakery called “Sweet Cakes by Melissa” in Gresham, Oregon. The shop was a staple in…
Knipp and Seis v. Tri-County Health Dept.
It's Time to End Unrestricted Pandemic Bureaucracy
We all remember when the pandemic first struck how municipal public health officials across the country echoed Dr. Anthony Fauci—if we all stay home, wear masks, and social distance for…
US v. Idaho
The Rule of Law Applies to All, Even the Federal Government
Everyone should play by the same rules. That’s the basic idea of fairness most Americans understand. When it befits them, the federal government loves to hold people accountable to its…
VanDerStok v. Garland
The ATF's Unlawful Redefinition of Your Rights
This Final Rule, addressing the “Definition of ‘Frame or Receiver’ and Identification of Firearms,” 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 Congress’s legislative power and is wielding the regulation to severely burden the practice of self-manufacture and the businesses that facilitate it.
Sullivan v. Ferguson
Individual Rights v. Overreaching State Power
Case Summary In an infringement of peaceable Americans’ right to choose the arms they see fit to defend themselves, their loved ones, and their communities, the State of Washington has…
Vlaming v. West Point School Board
Preferred Name... Not Enough for Title IX
Case Summary Peter Vlaming taught French at a public high school for years before he was fired over the issue of a student’s pronouns and over the walkout protests of…
San Luis Valley Ecosystem Council, et al. v. Dan Dallas, et al.
My Only Means to See the National Forest
Case Summary Public lands should be for public use, right? According to environmentalists, that’s wrong. For many disabled Americans, including many veterans like the Trail Preservation Alliance’s Don Riggle,…
Michael Sackett v. EPA
Is a Wetland Wet? No, Says EPA. Yes, Says MSLF.
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…
Emilee Carpenter Photography v. James
Progressive Orthodoxy vs. Free Speech
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…