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Gobitis (1940) West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette, 319 U.S. 624 (1943), is a landmark decision by the United States Supreme Court holding that the First Amendment protects students from being compelled to salute the American flag or say the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools. [1] [2]
U.S. Const. amend. Island Trees High School in 2019. Board of Education, Island Trees Union Free School District No. 26 v. Pico, 457 U.S. 853 (1982), was a landmark case in which the United States Supreme Court split on the First Amendment issue of local school boards removing library books from junior high schools and high schools.
West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette , 319 U.S. 624 (1943) Gobitis , 310 U.S. 586 (1940), was a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States restricting the religious rights of public school students under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution .
West Virginia v. B. P. J. West Virginia v. B. P. J. is a federal court case in the United States regarding the issue of transgender people in sports. In 2021, the U.S. state of West Virginia passed a law barring transgender girls and women from participating on women's and girls' sports teams. [1] Becky Pepper-Jackson, a 12-year-old transgender ...
With a lawsuit from Edmond Public Schools against it pending, the state Board of Education won't consider changes to the district's accreditation.
Engel v. Vitale, 370 U.S. 421 (1962), was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court ruled that it is unconstitutional for state officials to compose an official school prayer and encourage its recitation in public schools, due to violation of the First Amendment. [1]
The West Virginia Constitution of 1872 dismantled the township system, though the State would remain divided into 398 school districts until the County Unit Plan was approved in 1933, which organized schools at the county level. The West Virginia Board of Education was established in 1908. At that time, the Board's members were appointed by the ...
The Texas lawsuit scored an early court victory weeks after Labrador joined it, which was later cited in a similar injunction in the West Virginia case. Reporter Nick Rosenberger contributed.