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Case Page: Mahmoud v. Taylor
In Mahmoud v. Taylor, a group of parents from Montgomery County, Maryland, challenged a local Board of Education's policy. The policy mandated that elementary school students read books featuring LGBTQ+ themes without prior parental notification or the option to opt...
Case Page: VA Chaplain Trubey – Freedom to Preach
In a major victory for religious liberty, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs has vindicated a chaplain who was wrongly punished for preaching a sermon on a chapter of the Bible his supervisor labeled “divisive”, reversed a Pennsylvania VA hospital’s effort to censor...
Case Page: Pennsylvania Apartment Complex Discriminates Against Religious Tenants in the Name of Diversity and Inclusion.
Religious residents at an apartment complex in Pennsylvania for senior citizens and people with disabilities received an unwelcome surprise in their mailboxes in March of 2025. The apartment complex sent a letter to all its residents, explicitly banning them from...
Analysis: Pennsylvania Women’s Athletics & Sex-Distinct Sports Policies
April 2025 - Athletic teams have long been separated by male and female in order to foster safety, fairness, and athletic opportunities for women and girls. While sex distinctions were generally prohibited under Title IX, these reasonable sex-based distinctions were...
Analysis: Pennsylvania School Restroom & Locker Room Privacy
April 2025 - We show respect for the dignity of all people by providing separate space for males and females in instances where privacy between the two sexes is relevant, such as in restrooms, showers, locker rooms, and overnight accommodations like dorm rooms and...
Case Page: Groff v. Dejoy: Religious Accommodation in the Workplace
All Americans should have the freedom to work without being forced to choose between their faith and their job. But that is the choice Gerald Groff’s employer forced him to make. Groff, a United States Postal Service worker firmly believes he must “[r]emember the...
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— The First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States
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