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U.S. Supreme Court seeks solicitor general’s input about N.C. charter school case

The U.S. Supreme Court has asked the Biden administration’s top Supreme Court lawyer to offer her thoughts about a case from North Carolina involving a charter school treated as a “state actor.” Supreme Court justices reviewed the case Friday.

CJ Staff
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U.S. Supreme Court to review Friday the case of N.C. charter school labeled ‘state actor’

The U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to consider Friday whether to take up a case from North Carolina involving a charter school labeled as a “state actor.” School choice proponents say the label could subject charter schools across the country to more harmful government regulation.

CJ Staff
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Notre Dame Religious Liberty Clinic asks SCOTUS to overrule lower court on NC charter school

The University of Notre Dame Law School’s Religious Liberty Clinic, along with the Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty and the Islam and Religious Freedom Action Team of the Religious Freedom Institute, filed an amicus brief in support of Charter Day School in Brunswick County, North Carolina — a case which could be taken up by...

David Larson
Opinion

Designation as ‘state actor’ would harm charter schools

The skirts will grab the headlines, but there’s another piece of a court fight over a charter school dress code that deserves more attention. Operators of Brunswick County-based Charter Day School hope the U.S. Supreme Court will agree this fall to take up their case. They are appealing a June decision from the 4th U.S....

Mitch Kokai
News

Brunswick charter school asks U.S. Supreme Court to take up dress code dispute

Operators of a Brunswick County charter school are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to “review and reverse” an Appeals Court decision striking down the school’s uniform policy. A petition Monday asks the nation’s highest court to take up the case involving Charter Day School. Critics had complained about the school’s requirement that female students wear skirts, jumpers, or skorts.

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