The deadlock announced Tuesday lets stand a federal appeals court ruling that allows teachers’ and other public employee unions to continue collecting service fees from non-union members. View full post on The School Law Blog – Education Week #pso #htcs #b4inc
Supreme Court Weighs Contraceptive Mandate Opposed by Religious Schools
The justices appeared sharply divided over whether religious schools must take action if they want to opt out of providing contraceptive services under the Affordable Care Act. View full post on The School Law Blog – Education Week #pso #htcs #b4inc
Moderate Judge With Sparse Record on School Law Nominated for Supreme Court
Merrick Garland, a federal appeals court judge, has also been a lawyer in private practice, a federal prosecutor, and a U.S. Justice Department official. View full post on The School Law Blog – Education Week #pso #htcs #b4inc
U.S. Supreme Court Backs Indian Tribe in Case Eyed by School Districts
The justices unanimously upheld the right of a tribe in Nebraska to impose a liquor tax, in a case watched by school districts on or near American Indian reservations. View full post on The School Law Blog – Education Week #pso #htcs #b4inc
U.S. Supreme Court Takes Another Stab at Affirmative Action
The justices were divided as they once again took up a race-conscious admissions plan at the University of Texas at Austin. View full post on The School Law Blog – Education Week #pso #htcs #b4inc
Teachers’ Unions Get Cold Reception at U.S. Supreme Court
Teachers’ unions were on the defensive as conservative justices appeared open to overruling a key precedent that authorizes public-employee unions to collect fees from non-members. View full post on The School Law Blog – Education Week #pso #htcs #b4inc
Supreme Court Declines to Take Up Case on Mandatory Reporters of Child Abuse
The justices refuse to hear a case on the legal protections for teachers, school administrators and others required under state laws to report suspected child abuse. View full post on The School Law Blog – Education Week #pso #htcs #b4inc
U.S. Supreme Court to Weigh Church-State Aid Case With Potentially Broad Impact
The justices will hear the appeal of a Lutheran church denied a grant from a state program to use recycled tires to build safer playgrounds. View full post on The School Law Blog – Education Week #pso #htcs #b4inc
U.S. Supreme Court to Weigh Obama Deferred-Action Immigration Policy
The case may also affect a related policy regarding undocumented children and is connected to a larger debate over immigration that has drawn in students, educators, and schools. View full post on The School Law Blog – Education Week #pso #htcs #b4inc
Supreme Court Weighs Case on Politics and Patronage in Local Government
In a case that could as easily have come from public education, the justices consider whether a police detective’s First Amendment rights were violated. View full post on The School Law Blog – Education Week #pso #htcs #b4inc
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