Good Friday and Easter in the Public Schools
Can a public school district celebrate religious holidays like Good Friday and Easter?
Witches or Harry Potter? Revisiting an Old Article
Are the witches mad that I one-upped them for Harry Potter? Time will tell….
Second Down: Supreme Court Takes Football Coach’s Appeal
Could Kennedy v. Bremerton School District significantly shift the First Amendment public/private balance in favor of employees?
Does Mahanoy apply at the College Level?
Mahanoy is just the latest in the courts’ awkward efforts to make K-12 student free speech cases apply to older, more mature students…but this time, it may make more sense.
Christmas Trees are OK!
A California court rules that Christmas trees are not religious per se, but troublesome allegations of systemic religious favoritism remain to be resolved.
Fly Your Flag Proudly: Religious Displays on Public Property
So I missed this last week, but the Supreme Court has decided to hear Shurtleff v. City of Boston, a case brought by a Christian group that was denied permission by the City of Boston to fly its flag, which features a Latin Cross, on a flagpole at Boston City Hall. According to the lawsuit, the City encourages private groups to fly their flags on the city flagpole, and over the course of twelve years had allowed over 280 groups to do so, including Juneteenth and LGBTQ-related flags. But the group claims they were denied permission solely because their flag was religious.