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UNBELIEVABLE: Mahmoud - The Untold Story

Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #210

Welcome to Hall Pass, a newsletter written to keep you plugged into the conversations driving school board governance, the politics surrounding it, and education policy.

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Youth Climate Plaintiffs Challenge Endangerment Repeal on Religious Liberty Grounds

Constitutional climate litigation seems to know no bounds.

Reason

The deadliest 10 minutes in decades: Lebanese reel from Israeli strikes that killed hundreds

Beirut residents and officials say civilians were main casualties in operation that bombed 100-plus targets in 10 minutes

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If Chiles Was So Lopsided, Why Did The Court Deny Cert In Tingley?

The legal landscape for transgender cases has changed since 2023.

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It’s Getting Tougher to Teach LGBTQ History, Even Where It’s Required by Law

California law requires public schools to teach about the contributions of LGBTQ people. Teachers say that’s only getting harder under Trump.

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Mirabelli Offers a Beautiful Vision of the Emergency Docket

Justices Barrett and Kavanaugh, as well as the Chief Justice, are on the same page.

Reason

The Transgender Athletics Cases

They were not as combative as I would have expected, and maybe even not 6-3.

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Ninth Circuit Suspends Injunction Blocking California Policy Limiting Teachers' Disclosure to Parents of Student's Changed Gender Identity

A short excerpt from the Ninth Circuit's order yesterday in Mirabelli v. Bonta (Chief Judge Mary Murguia, joined by Judges… The post Ninth Circuit Suspends Injunction Blocking California Policy Limiting Teachers' Disclosure to Parents of Student's Changed Gender Identity appeared first on Reason.com.

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Thousands in Gaza are missing 2 years into the war. Tormented families search for clues

Two years since the war in Gaza began, thousands of Palestinians there are looking for relatives who have gone missing in one of the most destructive conflicts of the past decades

The Independent UK

Israeli fire in the West Bank killed their kids. Palestinian families want to know why

The United Nations reports that 18 children under 15 have been killed by Israeli gunfire in the occupied West Bank this year

The Independent UK

Israel shot her son and took his body. She can’t bury him or mourn

Israeli soldiers took Mahmoud Sanaqra after they shot him in February. His mother is still waiting to get him back.

Al Jazeera

Aid drivers hope for Gaza entry as Egyptian and Palestinian leaders meet at Rafah crossing

Euronews travelled to the Rafah border crossing with the Egyptian foreign minister and the Palestinian premier.

Euronews

Israeli attacks, forced starvation kill more than 70 Palestinians in Gaza

In the face of global anger, Israel announces planned humanitarian pause in civilian centres to enable aid distribution.

Al Jazeera

Skrmetti, Mahmoud, and Free Speech Coalition - "Won't Somebody Please Think of the Children?"

I think Skrmetti, Mahmoud, and Free Speech Coalition can be summed up in a meme: Won't somebody please think of the Children? But more… The post Skrmetti, Mahmoud, and Free Speech Coalition - "Won't Somebody Please Think of the Children?" appeared first on Reason.com.

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More on Coercion in Mahmoud

Implications for the Ten Commandments cases

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Justice Thomas Avoids Substantive Due Process with Meyer and Pierce

Thomas may attempt to recast Pierce as a Free Exercise case, but it cannot be understood in that fashion.

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The Status of Smith and Yoder After Mahmoud

The Court continues avoiding the Smith issue, but in an unexpected way.

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Contrasting Coercion for the Free Exercise Clause in Mahmoud and Coercion for the Establishment Clause in Kennedy

The Court finds that the government cannot indirectly coerce children who are exercising their religious beliefs, but the government can indirectly coerce children who are not exercising their religious beliefs.

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Religion at the Supreme Court

Three Cases from OT 2024

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‘Accelerated censorship’: advocates criticize US supreme court ruling on LGBTQ+ books

Opponents say the decision allowing parents to let their kids opt out of lessons featuring LGBTQ+ themes will hurt the US education system

Reason

School Choice Could Fix the Conflicts That Led to the Supreme Court's Mahmoud Decision

There’s no need to fight over lessons if you’re not forced to learn in government-run battlegrounds.

Reason

Free Exercise Clause Rights to Opt Children Out of Public School Lesson That "Substantially Interfer[e]" with Their Children's "Religious Development"

[1.] The Supreme Court has been debating the meaning of the Free Exercise Clause for over 60 years. One view… The post Free Exercise Clause Rights to Opt Children Out of Public School Lesson That "Substantially Interfer[e]" with Their Children's "Religious Development" appeared first on Reason.com.

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Will The Court GVR The Skrmetti Parental Rights Petition In Light Of Mahmoud?

The substantive due process question remains.

Reason

Predictions For The Remaining 15 Cases

Barring any surprises, I do not expect any surprises.

The Conversation

100 years ago, the Supreme Court made a landmark ruling on parents’ rights in education – today, another case raises new questions

A century ago, the Supreme Court handed down one of its most important cases about education. On June 1, 1925, the court struck down an Oregon statute requiring all students to attend public school – a law critics argued was meant to limit faith-based schools, at a time when anti-Catholic…

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