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Equal Protection
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K-12 Legal Insights
What the Supreme Court’s Transgender Sports Ruling Means for Education Institutions
By Aleks Ostojic Rushing, Mackenzie Conway
On June 30, 2026, the United States Supreme Court decided the consolidated cases West Virginia v. B.P.J. (No. 24-43) and Little v. Hecox (No. 24-38), upholding state laws in West…
State AG Blog
Missouri AG Sues Kansas City Over Race- and Sex-Based Contracting Program
By Toni Michelle Jackson, Derick D. Dailey, Tiffany Aguiar
On July 22, 2026, Missouri Attorney General Catherine L. Hanaway filed a federal lawsuit in the Western District of Missouri challenging Kansas City’s Minority and Women Business Enterprise contracting program…
Immigration Blog
D.C. District Court Lifts Stay Blocking Termination of Haiti TPS
On Aug. 5, 2026, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia confirmed that its prior order staying the termination of Haiti’s Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation is no…
The Reporter
June 2026 New Books
In June 2026, the Law Library added the following new titles to the collection to support the research and curricular needs of our faculty and students. ANIMAL LAW Eisenstein, Yolanda,…
Agricultural Law & Rural Practice | Solo Small Firm & General Practice Section
Wisconsin Supreme Court: Minority Grant Program Unconstitutional
By Jay D. Jerde
June 19, 2026 – A state program designed to encourage retention of minority students in private and technical colleges failed strict scrutiny under recent U.S. Supreme Court precedent, the Wisconsin…
Paul W. Mollica Federal Courts Blog
District Court’s Failure to Adjudicate Qualified Immunity “At the Earliest Possible Stage in the Litigation” Subject to Appeal Under Collateral-Order Doctrine, Holds Fifth Circuit
In Wertenbroch v. Hardeman, No. 25-40616 (5th Cir. June 3, 2026), the Fifth Circuit holds that even a non-response by a district court to a motion for qualified immunity can…
Religion Clause
Federal Court Won’t Order Public School to Allow Homeschooler to Play Interscholastic Sports
In Palmer v. Virginia High School League, Inc., (WD VA, May 27, 2026), a Virginia federal district court rejected an equal protection challenge to a policy of Virginia's public high school…
Law of the Land
D. Ct. NH Grants Motion to Dismiss Developer’s Equal Protection Claims Regarding Special Use Applications for Affordable Housing
This post was authored by Sebastian Perez, Esq. Avanru Development Group, Ltd. (“Avanru”) filed suit against the Town of Swanzey, New Hampshire Zoning Board (the “Zoning Board”), the Town of…
Religion Clause
Exclusion of Religious Training from College Grant Program Is Upheld
In Johnson v. Fleming, (ED VA, March 31, 2026), a Virginia federal district court dismissed Free Exercise Clause, Establishment Clause, and Equal Protection Clause claims challenging religious exclusions from the…
Turtle Talk
Minnesota SCT Rejects Equal Protection Challenge to ICWA for Lack of Standing
Here is the opinion in In the Matter of L.K.: IMO L.K. OpinionDownload Lower court opinion here.