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United States Supreme Court Upholds Ban on Transgender Procedures for Minors
June 24, 2025
In a landmark decision regarding the issue of parental rights, the Supreme Court has declared Tennessee's ban on "irreversible transgender procedures for minors" to be constitutional, paving the way for similar bans to be upheld in more than 20 other states.
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Federal Judge Upholds Power of Executive in Recent Decision
June 18, 2025
U.S. District Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil has dismissed a case by teachers unions in New York protesting the Trump Administration's cancellation of federal grants to Columbia University, a move that emphasizes the proper balance of power between the judicial and executive branches.
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Texas Supreme Court Takes Steps to Reform Legal Education
June 16, 2025
By inviting comments on whether to rescind the American Bar Association's decisive role in the law school accreditation process, the Texas Supreme Court has taken needed steps to bring balance back to the legal profession.
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Mexico's Judicial Elections Move it Farther Away from "the Most Democratic Country in the World"
June 09, 2025
Contrary to promises made by Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico's recent judicial reforms take power away from the people, greatly weaken the separation of powers, and underminde "legal security and predictability."
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Mexico's First Judicial Elections are Met with Controversy
June 06, 2025
While the Mexican government hailed it as a success, the country's first-ever judicial elections were met with low turnout and confusion around the complicated process.
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The Promise of School Choice
June 03, 2025
Jeb Bush, Jr. makes the case that increased school choice will beneft, not harm, K-12 public education.
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"Originalism" Class Pioneered in Texas Law Schools
May 29, 2025
United States District Judges Brantley Starr and Mark Pittman have begun teaching a course at Texas law schools focusing on the Constitution and "what the document's drafters intended when it was written."
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Celebrating 100 Years of School Choice
May 29, 2025
In honor of the 100th anniversary of the landmark United States Supreme Court decision Pierce v. Society of Sisters, Paul E. Peterson summarizes the history of the school choice movement in America.
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What is the Real "Threat to Democracy?"
May 05, 2025
Following an interview with Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, Shawn Fleetwood of The Federalist questions what constitutes the true "threat to democracy" in the U.S.
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UK Trans Judge Plans to Challenge Recent Gender Ruling
May 02, 2025
Victoria McCloud, the United Kingdom's first trans judge, claims the recent gender ruling by the UK's Supreme Court violates her human rights, and plans to challenge the ruling in the European Court of Human Rights.
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