Liz and Rebecca continue the SCOTUS religion cases coverage with Mahmoud v. Taylor, a case that threatens to force public school districts to bend to the will of their most conservative religious parents. They discuss how the case came to be, what the oral arguments told us, and why this case actually is about book banning and censorship.

 

Background

• SCOTUSblog

• Amicus briefs

• AU

• FFRF 

• SCOTUSblog: “Supreme Court considers parents’ efforts to exempt children from books with LGBTQ themes” 

• Vox: “The Supreme Court threatens to bring ‘Don’t Say Gay’ to every classroom in America”

Cases Discussed

• FFRF v. The County of Lehigh (2016)

• Wisconsin v. Yoder (1972)

• Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission (2018)

Upcoming Case

• Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board v. Drummond

 

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