Jorjani v. N.J. Inst. of Tech., 2025 U.S. App. LEXIS 23109 (September 8, 2025) Matey, Circuit Judge. Before: KRAUSE, MATEY, and PHIPPS, Circuit Judges. MATEY, Circuit Judge. New Jersey Institute of Technology declined to renew a lecturer’s contract based on his private comments about race, politics, and immigration. But NJIT’s regulation of speech outside the […]
Tag: Constitutional Law
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW – FIRST AMENDMENT – SPEECH
Armslist LLC v. Facebook, Inc., 335 A.3d 1 (April 3, 2025) McLaughlin, J. Judges: BEFORE: MURRAY, J., McLAUGHLIN, J., and KING, J. OPINION BY McLAUGHLIN, J. OPINION BY McLAUGHLIN, J.: Appellants here — Armslist LLC (“Armslist”), Torquelist LLC (“Torquelist”), Jonathan Gibbon, and N. Andrew Varney, III — sued Appellees, Facebook, Inc. (“Facebook”) and Instagram, LLC […]
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW – FIRST AMENDMENT – SPEECH – ANTISEMITISM
Landau v. Corp. of Haverford Coll., 2025 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 123300 (June 30, 2025) McHugh, J. As recognized in my first opinion in this action, dismissing Plaintiffs’ First Amended Complaint, antisemitism is a serious problem. Where antisemitism results in a deprivation of educational opportunities, federal law provides a remedy. And where the record supports it, […]
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW – FIRST AMENDMENT – RELIGION – LQBTQ+ CIRRICULA
Mahmoud v. Taylor, 145 S. Ct. 2332 (June 27, 2025) Alito, J. JUSTICE ALITO delivered the opinion of the Court. The Board of Education of Montgomery County, Maryland (Board), has introduced a variety of “LGBTQ+-inclusive” storybooks into the elementary school curriculum. These books—and associated educational instructions provided to teachers —are designed to “disrupt” children’s thinking […]
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW – ARTICLE II – APPOINTMENTS CLAUSE – U.S. PREVENTIVE SERVICES TASK FORCE
Kennedy v. Braidwood Mgmt., 145 S. Ct. 2427 (June 27, 2025) Kavanaugh, J. JUSTICE KAVANAUGH delivered the opinion of the Court. This case concerns the Appointments Clause in Article II of the Constitution. The U. S. Preventive Services Task Force, an entity within the Department of Health and Human Services, issues public recommendations about preventive […]
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW – FIRST AMENDMENT – SPEECH – SEXUALLY EXPLICIT CONTENT DISTRIBUTED TO CHILDREN – SCRUTINY, LEVEL OF
Free Speech Coal., Inc. v. Paxton, 145 S. Ct. 2291 (June 27, 2025) Thomas, J. JUSTICE THOMAS delivered the opinion of the Court. Texas, like many States, prohibits the distribution of sexually explicit content to children. Tex. Penal Code Ann. §43.24(b) (West 2016). But, although that prohibition may be effective against brick-and-mortar stores, it has […]
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW – LEGISLATIVE POWERS – DELIGATION OF AUTHORITY – FCC
FCC v. Consumers’ Rsch., 145 S. Ct. 2482 (June 27, 2025) Kagan, J. Prior History: Consumers’ Rsch. Cause Based Commerce, Inc. v. FCC, 109 F.4th 743, 2024 U.S. App. LEXIS 18241 (July 24, 2024) FCC v. Consumers’ Rsch., 145 S. Ct. 2482, 2487 JUSTICE KAGAN delivered the opinion of the Court. Nearly a century ago, […]
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW – FIRST AMENDMENT – RELIGION – ESTABLISHMENT CLAUSE – TEACHING OF ISLAM IN MIDDLE SCHOOL
Hilsenrath v. Sch. Dist. of the Chathams, 136 F.4th 484 (May 5, 2025) Hardiman, Circuit Judge. This appeal concerns the constitutionality of a middle school social studies curriculum. Libby Hilsenrath sued the Board of Education of the School District of the Chathams over instructional videos about Islam in her son’s seventh-grade World Cultures and Geography […]
CONSITITUIONAL LAW – FIRST AMENDMENT – FREE EXERCISE CLAUSE – BEARDS
Smith v. City of Atlantic City, 138 F.4th 759 (May 30, 2025) Porter, Circuit Judge. PORTER, Circuit Judge, delivers the opinion of the Court as to Parts I, II, III. B., and III.D by a unanimous decision of the merits panel and as to parts III.A and III.E joined by CHA-GARES, Chief Judge. CHUNG, Circuit […]
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW – FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT – EQUAL PROTECTION – TRANSGENDER MEDICAL CARE
United States v. Skrmetti, 145 S. Ct. 1816 (June 18, 2025) Roberts, C. J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Thomas, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett, JJ., joined, and in which Alito, J., joined as to Parts I and II-B. Thomas, J., filed a concurring opinion. Barrett, J., filed a concurring opinion, in which […]
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