Courts
Coach to return to high school football field after 7-year court battle over prayer there(The Daily Signal) – After a seven-year legal battle that ended with a victory at the Supreme Court, Joe Kennedy will be back on the field Sept. 1… Read More
Public Education
Biden administration to award $100M to minority colleges(The Center Square) – In the wake of the Supreme Court’s affirmative action ruling, the Biden administration is granting more than $100 million to historically black colleges and universities and… Read More
Culture
Biden administration and university leaders hold summit to strategize continuing racial discrimination(The Daily Signal) – President Joe Biden’s Department of Education is attempting to circumvent the Supreme Court’s recent ruling against using racial discrimination in college admissions. Read More
Government
Iowa officials respond to district court’s temporary injunction on new abortion ban(The Center Square) – An Iowa district court decided Monday to issue a temporary injunction on the law legislators passed last week to ban abortion. Gov. Kim Reynolds had called… Read More
Courts
Supreme Court could end race-based admissions at elite US high schools, experts say(Daily Caller News Foundation) – The Supreme Court could take up a case that challenges the use of racial balancing practices at selective high schools following its ruling against race-based… Read More
Public Education
Biden admin plans to wipe $39 billion in student debt for thousands of borrowers despite SCOTUS ruling(Daily Caller News Foundation) – The Department of Education (DOE) announced Friday that it will automatically forgive $39 billion of student loan debt for more than 804,000 borrowers, following a… Read More
Courts
SCOTUS decision will have little effect on Kansas college admissions(The Sentinel) – A Supreme Court decision in late June will have little effect on college admissions in Kansas according to the Kansas Board of Regents. On June 27, 2023,… Read More
Courts
More Black Americans support SCOTUS’ affirmative action ruling than oppose it, poll reveals(Daily Caller News Foundation) – A plurality of black Americans support the Supreme Court’s decision last month that struck down race-based admission policies at colleges, according to a YouGov/The Economist… Read More
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Senator warns defiant college presidents not to flout Supreme Court affirmative action rulingAn Ohio senator has forewarned 10 university presidents who “expressed open hostility” to the Supreme Court’s striking down of affirmative action to not try circumventing the ruling. The Supreme… Read More
Courts
Wisconsin Republicans look to end race-based scholarship programs(The Center Square) – Assembly Speaker Robin Vos is vowing Republicans will move to end race-based scholarship programs across the state in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court moving… Read More
Public Education
Some universities plan to eliminate minority scholarships after SCOTUS ban on using race in admissions(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Some universities are seeking to eliminate scholarships for minorities after the Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action banned using race in admissions decisions. The legality… Read More
Courts
‘Lie from the pit of hell’: GOP presidential hopefuls laud Supreme Court decision ending affirmative action in college admissionsRepublican presidential hopefuls hailed the U.S. Supreme Court’s striking down of racial preferences in college admissions, with one calling affirmative action a “lie from the pit of hell.” The high… Read More
Courts
Indiana Supreme Court rules abortion ban is constitutional(Daily Caller News Foundation) – The Indiana Supreme Court issued a decision Friday that said the state’s abortion ban was constitutional in a 4-1 ruling. Senate… Read More
Courts
Supreme Court decision stopping student loan forgiveness hinged on Missouri company(The Center Square) – A Missouri student loan servicing company played a pivotal role in the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on Friday against President Joe Biden’s plan to forgive billions… Read More
Courts
Supreme Court: Government can’t compel Christian web designer to create sites that violate her faithIn a landmark case for First Amendment rights, the U.S. Supreme Court Friday ruled a Christian website designer cannot be forced by government to create sites for same-sex weddings that… Read More
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Supreme Court rules in favor of Christian postal worker disciplined for declining to work on SundaysThe Supreme Court ruled in favor of a Christian former mail carrier who sued the U.S. Postal Service for denying him religious accommodation in the workplace. Gerald Groff sued his… Read More
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LEARNS Act challenge in the hands of the Arkansas Supreme Court(The Center Square) – Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin is asking the state’s Supreme Court to immediately stay a lower court order that suspends the implementation of the LEARNS Act. Read More
Biden administration, COVID-19
Arizona GOP appeals to U.S. Supreme Court to stop COVID-19 vaccine mandate(The Center Square) – The Arizona Legislature filed an emergency application to the Supreme Court over COVID-19 vaccine mandates on the federal level. The goal of wanting an… Read More
Courts, Culture
Christian baker appeals to Colorado Supreme Court over gender-transition cake ruling(The Center Square) – Masterpiece Cakeshop owner Jack Phillips appealed to the Colorado Supreme Court to overturn a lower court’s ruling that he violated anti-discrimination laws by refusing to create a cake celebrating… Read More
Courts, Culture
Abortion battle heats up nationwide(The Center Square) – The U.S. Supreme Court temporarily halted a lower court's ruling restricting an abortion pill until Wednesday night. The hold will give the Supreme Court time to… Read More