Supreme Court rejects case about DOJ investigating parents who protest at school boards
Source: USA Today
WASHINGTON The Supreme Court refused on Monday to hear a case from parents in Virginia and Michigan who argued the Justice Department targeted them for protesting at school board meetings.
At the heart of the dispute was a 2021 memo Attorney General Merrick Garland aimed at combatting a disturbing spike in harassment, intimidation and threats of violence against school administrators, board members, teachers and staff. The memo setting up meetings with state and local law enforcement agencies sought to discourage these threats, identify them when they occur and prosecute them when appropriate.
Some parents in Loudoun County, Virginia, and Saline, Michigan, challenged the policy in federal court by arguing it targeted them for protesting school policies under their First Amendment rights. But judges on the District and Circuit Courts rejected their arguments.
Now the Supreme Court has refused to hear the case.
Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/supreme-court-rejects-case-doj-133957192.html
wolfie001
(3,627 posts)A guess they're throwing us a bone after totally fucking up the Texas Abortion case. Got it.
ShazzieB
(18,641 posts)Like a blind pig finding a truffle once in a while, the SCOTUS is still capable of getting it right on occasion!
slightlv
(4,325 posts)be anymore paranoid? I swear, they're the biggest snowflakes in the world! I do hope, when all this is said and done, they find out what it means to actually be persecuted. Right now, they have no idea what the word means, let alone how it feels!
Grins
(7,883 posts)And given the court I would have agreed with them.
OldBaldy1701E
(6,338 posts)Excuse me, parents, but there is a major difference between protesting and harassment, intimidation, threats, and attempted violence.
Maybe they were not aware of this distinction?