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Education Law Prof Blog
Ohio Supreme Court Avoids Constitutional Issue in Firing of Intelligent Design Science Teacher
The Ohio Supreme Court affirmed yesterday a lower court's decision that a teacher could be fired for insubordination, thus avoiding a constiutional question of whether his teaching creationism and intelligent design in…
Media Law Prof Blog
Categorizing Socia Media In the Workplace
Jon Garon, NKU Chase College of Law, has published Social Media in the Workplace – From Constitutional to Intellectual Property Rights. Here is the abstract.Social media has become a dominant…
Education Law Prof Blog
School Excluding Transgendered Student from Yearbook Changes Position
By Derek Black
Last week, La Feria School District in Texas told Jeydon Loredo that his picture would not appear in the school's yearbook. Jeydon grew up female but identifies as male. He…
Civil Rights Law & Policy Blog
‘Captain Justice’ appears in a Tennessee Court
CRL&P is happy to share this fascinating story about a local defense attorney whose passionate advocacy on behalf of his client gave us this: When prosecutors in Williamson County tried…
Civil Rights Law & Policy Blog
U.S. appeals court backs employer in ‘contraception mandate’ case
Via Reuters: A federal appeals court in Washington joined other courts on Friday by ruling for an employer who raised religious objections to a provision of the 2010 U.S. healthcare…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
DC Circuit Finds Corporate Shareholders’ Religious Freedom Burdened by ACA’s Contraceptive Mandate
In a divided opinion including two senior judges, the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in Gilardi v. HHS entered the fray regarding corporate rights under RFRA…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Sunday Dress: Wearing a Mask for Halloween
Many states have anti-masking statutes, criminalizing the wearing of a mask or identity concealing face covering. In some states, the statutes are known as anti-Klan statutes, although by their terms…
Civil Rights Law & Policy Blog
Judge violates Tennessee Code of Conduct, Constitution by requiring parents to change son’s name
The Tennessee judge who independently changed a baby’s name from Messiah to Martin has been found to have violated Tennessee’s Judicial Code of Conduct. The judge ordered the name changed…
Civil Rights Law & Policy Blog
CRL&P’s First Cup Reads: Oct. 11, 2013
Forbes: The 1st Amendment Protects Nude Dancing, So Why Not Political Speech? Snowden’s email provider claims order for encryption keys violated Fourth Amendment, client privacy Judge denies New Jersey request for…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Please welcome (and often visit) the new Civil Rights Law & Policy Blog
Main October 10, 2013Please welcome (and often visit) the new Civil Rights Law & Policy BlogIt is with great joy and pleasure that I get to promote a great new…