8th Circuit Court Rules in Favor of PDE in Linn-Mar Community School District Lawsuit; Upholds Students’ Right to Freedom of Speech on Gender Ideology
Parents Defending Education (PDE) has just prevailed in Parents Defending Education v. Linn-Mar Community School District et al; the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit remanded with directions…
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Parents Defending Education Reply Brief in Olentangy Local School District Lawsuit
The District has abandoned the district court’s opinion. The district court recognized that the Policies compel speech, but found the compulsion constitutional because forcing students to “use preferred gender pronouns”…
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PDE Files Supreme Court Amicus Brief in A.C. v. Metropolitain School District of Martinsville
Based on this overwhelming evidence, the legal conclusion here is straightforward: Title IX and its attendant regulations require schools to provide equal opportunities to male and female student athletes, and…
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PDE Files 1st Circuit Court of Appeals Amicus Brief in LM v. Middleborough
Gender identity is a “hot issue” that “has produced a passionate political and social debate” across the country. Meriwether v. Hartop, 992 F.3d 492, 508-09 (6th Cir. 2021). One side…
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17 States and 15 Organizations File Amicus Briefs in Parents Defending Education v. Olentangy Local School District Board of Education
The Policies unconstitutionally compel students to speak the Board’s views on gender. The Policies thus contravene a “fixed star in our constitutional constellation”: “no official, high or petty,…
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Parents Defending Education Opening Brief in Olentangy Local School District Board of Education Lawsuit
On September 25, 2023, Parents Defending Education filed its opening brief in Parents Defending Education v. Olentangy Local School District Board of Education, et. al. On August 15, 2023,…
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PDE Files Supreme Court Amicus Brief in Speech First Inc. v. Sands
“America’s public schools are the nurseries of democracy.” Mahanoy Area Sch. Dist. v. B.L. ex rel. Levy, 141 S. Ct. 2038, 2046 (2021). Our “democracy only works if we protect…
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PDE Files 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Amicus Brief in Doe v. Horne
Congress passed Title IX to ensure that female students in the United States could access the same benefits and opportunities enjoyed by male students. As one might expect, Title IX…
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Parents Defending Education Reply Brief in Olentangy Local School District Lawsuit
On June 15, 2023, Parents Defending Education filed its reply brief in Parents Defending Education v. Olentangy Local School District Board of Education, et. al. In this case, Parents Defending…
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