The Supreme Court has agreed to decide if the invocation for the town meetings in Greece, NY improperly favored Christianity and are unconstitutional.
Continue reading...On April 29, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in McBurney v. Young that it’s legal for a state to limit use of its Freedom of Information Act to its own residents.
Continue reading...The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center v. Nassar, a case addressing the issue of whether an employee must prove that the sole reason for an employer’s action was retaliation or if a successful discrimination claim can be made in situations where retaliation was at least one of two or more motivating factors.
Continue reading...The National School Boards Association, along with the Colorado Association of School Boards, has filed an amicus brief asking the U. S. Supreme Court to review a decision by a U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit in JCSDR1 v. Elizabeth E. holding that the parents of a special education student, who unilaterally placed the student in a private treatment facility, were entitled to reimbursement for tuition expenses under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
Continue reading...The United States Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision, held that use of a drug-sniffing dog by police officers on the front porch of a suspect’s home, without probable cause, a search warrant, or the homeowner’s consent, constituted an unreasonable search under the Fourth Amendment.
Continue reading...The New York Times reports that the U.S. Supreme Court will take up the case of Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, Docket No. 12-682, which involves a voter initiative, Proposal 2, in Michigan that banned racial preferences in admissions to the state’s public universities.
Continue reading...On March 11, 2013, NSBA filed an amicus curiae brief in an employment case asking the U.S. Supreme Court not to hamper school districts’ abilities to discipline or fire employees.
Continue reading...Education Week reports that a major provision of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 that affects hundreds of school districts, especially in the South, recently went before the U.S. Supreme Court.
Continue reading...According to a report in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, the First Amendment dispute over Brookfield public high school graduations inside Elmbrook Church could be headed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Continue reading...According to an Associated Press article in the San Francisco Chronicle, Davidson County Chancellor Claudia Bonnyman has ruled that the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association is subject to the state’s Open Records Act.
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