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Washington Examiner
February 27, 2018
Both cases involve whether the First Amendment allowed dissenting public-sector union members to opt out of financially supporting the union. Yohn involves ... The Center for Individual Rights argues this is intentionally designed to stymie those who would opt out and therefore violates the teachers' rights.
Washington Examiner
February 27, 2018
Both cases involve whether the First Amendment allowed dissenting public-sector union members to opt out of financially supporting the union. Yohn involves ... The Center for Individual Rights argues this is intentionally designed to stymie those who would opt out and therefore violates the teachers' rights.
Greenville News
February 18, 2018
The majority ruled that the law was unconstitutional because school-sponsored prayer violates the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment, which is that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the ... “I think teachers' rights are really being violated,” he said.
The Hayride
February 2, 2018
A new bill introduced by Sen. Michael Williams would allow public high school football coaches and public school employees to pray with their students. Williams, who is running for governor, introduced Senate Bill 361 in response to a lawsuit that the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) threatenedÃâà...
OneNewsNow
February 1, 2018
“The bill would also protect teachers' rights to wear religious clothing, jewelry or symbols and engage in religious discussions and share religious ... demand that schools adopt inaccurate interpretations of the First Amendment that unlawfully restrict the freedom of students, teachers, and other public schoolÃâà...
Christian Post
January 31, 2018
The bill would also protect teachers' rights to wear religious clothing, jewelry or symbols and engage in religious discussions and share religious ... of the First Amendment that unlawfully restrict the freedom of students, teachers, and other public school employees to engage in religious expression orÃâà...
Minden Press-Herald
January 25, 2018
2, examines students' individual right to religious expression, the rights of religious student organizations and organization involvement and teachers' rights. ... Landry said the publication was a collaborative effort that grew from the strong friendship and interest in First Amendment law that he and JohnsonÃâà...
Reason (blog)
December 18, 2017
"The First Amendment does not tolerate broad, unfettered discretion to penalize students or faculty for political speech that officials view as offensive, unprofessional or uncivil," FIRE's letter reads. "The need to narrowly tailor a university's policies as they apply to faculty members' speech is particularlyÃâà...
Justia Verdict
July 17, 2016
The Alagoas (a Brazilian northeastern state) House of Representatives has recently overruled a governor's veto to pass the Educational Neutrality Act (ENA) (“Programa Escola Livre”), a law on public education allegedly restrictive of teachers' rights to freedom of expression. The bill's proponent, StateÃâà...
Watchdog.org
July 7, 2016
“Friedrichs is part of a larger dispute about the First Amendment,” Miller explained. “The unions and their supporters contend that the First Amendment only protects thought — it does not protect an individual's right to decide whether to financially support the expression of thought. Unions say that RebeccaÃâà...
Blogging Censorship
March 12, 2006
The First Amendment guarantees of religious liberty include the freedom to believe or not to believe, and to observe one's faith openly without government interference. Freedom of speech encompasses religious as well as secular speech, but the Establishment Clause imposes limitations on government endorsement ofÃâà...
