1st amendment Current Events (2nd period) by Maria Ricker

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mricker3 — 2025-05-11 18:04:57 UTC

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Florida 7-Year old compelled to testify in book ban lawsuit. https://www.politico.com/news/2024/07/23/florida-book-ban-child-testify-00170618

2025-05-13 13:51:05 UTC

A federal judge has ordered a 7-year-old Florida student to testify in a lawsuit challenging a school district's removal of books with objectionable content. The judge denied a protective order from the child's parent, but agreed to limit the questioning to 90 minutes. The lawsuit targets the Escambia County School Board's policies, which are crafted by Republican lawmakers and Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration, and how parents can raise objections about potentially inappropriate books.

School chaplaincy isn't incompatible with the 1st Amendment Opinion: School chaplaincy isn't incompatible with the 1st Amendment

2025-05-13 13:52:28 UTC

Last year, Texas enacted a new law that would allow public schools to invite volunteer chaplains to counsel students during school hours. In April, Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida signed a similar law. Several other state legislatures, including Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma, have considered proposing chaplaincy programs. As Supreme Court case law demonstrates, school chaplaincy programs are permitted under the Constitution as long as students are not coerced into participating. Far from violating their rights, chaplaincy programs give students more opportunities to freely exercise their faith.

PBS- The prosecutor was suspended by Gov. DeSantis and asked the court to reinstate him.https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/prosecutor-suspended-by-gov-desantis-asks-court-to-reinstate-him-citing-first-amendment

2025-05-13 13:52:52 UTC

Andrew Warren, a Democratic prosecutor in Florida, is asking the state Supreme Court to reinstate him after being suspended by Governor Ron DeSantis, whom he accuses of political bias. A federal judge ruled DeSantis violated Warren’s First Amendment rights, although the lawsuit was dismissed on technical grounds. Warren argues his suspension lacked legitimate justification and is also seeking support from a federal appeals court

A battle over religion and schools in Oklahoma - NBC

ban516062 — 2025-05-13 13:54:36 UTC

Ryan Walters is encouraging more education on religion in the government, suggesting that it should be implemented in "one of the most contentious places of all: public schools". Walters suggests that he wants students to have religious freedom in their schools and to allow them to express their beliefs in schools because he believes that this ability has been slowly taken away over time in schools.

Democratic Party Leaders Reportedly Conducting Polls To Determine If President Biden Is Best Candidate For President In 2024 After His Poor Debate Performance - U.S. NewsStream

2025-05-13 13:55:26 UTC

Donald Trump faces the same charge that the Supreme Court is ruling on. But the Justice Department has tried to get ahead of things and say that Donald Trump's case is much different than the rioters', that he was trying to obstruct the proceedings of Congress in many ways, including with that fake electoral scheme and with many actions that didn't just occur on January 6th.

Court Orders Release of Tufts Foreign Student Detained For Her Speech-The reason

2025-05-13 13:55:56 UTC

On May 10, federal District Judge William K Sessions III of the District of Vermont ordered the immediate release of Tufts graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk, who ICE had detained and attacked for deportation based on her anti-Israel speech. Tufts University Phd student Rümeysa Öztürk was released from a Louisiana detention center Friday 6 weeks after federal agents took her into custody among the Trump administration's effort to deport noncitizens who have protested against the war in Gaza.

Trump's crackdown on students with visas and green cards sets up first amendment showdown - CBS

2025-05-13 13:57:09 UTC

Hundreds of primarily student visas were canceled for students who led or participated in pro-Palestinian protests. People of the Trump administration believe that there is "no right to a student visa" and that if the students choose to be social activists, then they can take the visas away. The Trump administration also claims that they haven't changed the law regarding this issue, they have just handled it differently and at a much stricter degree.

1st Amendment case challenges precedent: 17 books removed from public library in Texas

2025-05-13 13:59:12 UTC

The government prohibits librarians from banning a book they disagree with. Mitchell, a man from Texas, finds this a violation of the 1st amendment. Courts argue that this could open a big floodgate about past 1st amendment cases.

Drake’s Label Files to Dismiss Amended Lawsuit Over Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us’: His ‘New Allegations Are Astonishing’ - Variety

2025-05-13 14:02:22 UTC

Drake filed his initial suit against Universal Music Group in January over Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us", where he claimed that the label purposely engaged in defamation by promoting the song. "Not Like Us" was performed at the Super Bowl under Kendrick Lamar, where it is claimed that UMG knowingly negotiated and promoted the song, as well as consenting to the track being played at the 2025 Grammy Awards.

Drake’s Label Files to Dismiss Amended Lawsuit Over Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us’: His ‘New Allegations Are Astonishing’ (Variety)

2025-05-13 14:02:38 UTC

Drake is filing a lawsuit against Kendrick Lamar.

Judges block Trumps push to cut funding to public schools over diversity programs. -AP news-

2025-05-13 14:02:52 UTC

Trump says that schools that don't get rid of their DEI programs will lose federal funding. But the judge blocked the action/order saying it would violate teachers' rights

Judge permanently blocks ‘unconstitutional’ Trump order targeting law firm Perkins https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/02/politics/perkins-coie-trump-executive-order

2025-05-13 14:04:04 UTC

President Trump tried to use his power to make an executive order to target certain law firms because they are going against what he believes.

Louisiana’s Ten Commandments Law Blocked in Court

2025-05-13 14:04:28 UTC

A Louisiana elementary school went to court for mandating to post the Ten Commandments in all public schools, but a District Judge John W. deGravelles ruled that doing so is unconstitutional. He also said the law would pressure children in public schools into adopting Louisiana’s preferred religious teachings while attending school at least 177 days per year.

Drake's Label Files to Dismiss Amended Suit Over Kendrick Lamar's 'Not Like Us': His New Allegations Are Astonishing

2025-05-13 14:07:19 UTC

Drake filed his initial suit against UMG in January over Kendrick Lamar‘s “Not Like Us,” claiming that the label intentionally engaged in defamation by promoting the song. In March, UMG filed a motion to dismiss. Last month, Drake’s legal counsel refiled an amended complaint to focus on events since the initial filing, claiming that UMG knowingly negotiated and promoted “Not Like Us” via Lamar’s Super Bowl performance and consented to the track being played at the 2025 Grammy Awards.

Journalists, Federal Workers, and Unions File Lawsuit to Challenge Closure of U.S. Agency for Global Media (AFSCME)

2025-05-13 14:10:00 UTC

the USAGM is challenging a lawsuit to prevent from being disbanded saying that it is a violation of the 1st amendment. The reason for this lawsuit is because "the agency has failed to fulfill its legally required functions and violated both the freedom of journalists and separation of powers when it ordered staff not to report to work, suspended contractors, turned off service, and locked the agency’s doors." USAGM says that disbanding their agency will limit the ability to have factual information.