Federal Court Says Arkansas Can Enforce Ban on Critical Race Theory in Classrooms
The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the First Amendment doesn’t give students the right to compel the state to offer its instruction in public schools.
Appeals Court Hears Arguments on State Ban on Gender-Affirming Care for Minors
U.S. District Judge Jay Moody last year ruled that Arkansas’ health care restrictions violated the First Amendment by prohibiting doctors from referring patients elsewhere.
High School Teacher and Students Sue Over Arkansas’ Ban on Critical Race Theory
The lawsuit argues the restrictions violate free speech protections under the First Amendment and the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
A prisoner rights group had its First Amendment claim against an Arkansas county’s ban on inmate mail other than postcards reinstated by a divided federal appeals court panel. The panel reasoned that the district court needed to make factual findings on whether there were other ways the prisoner rights group could have communicated with the inmates.